Table I.

Dyads of deer qualified as first order relatives using microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analyses. Dyads with both members infected in parentheses. Fawns include both sexes. Chronic wasting disease prevalence of individuals tested in this study (n = 135) was 0.75 for adult females, 0.40 for adult males, and 0.13 for fawns

Relationship	Total	Dyads of adult female adult female	Dyads of adult female adult male	Dyads of adult male adult male	Dyads of adult female fawn	Dyads of adult male fawn	Dyads of fawn fawn
Parent-offspring	24 (9)	5 (4)	6 (2)	0 (0)	12 (3)	1 (0)	0 (0)
Full sibling	23 (5)	6 (4)	6 (0)	2 (0)	2 (0)	4 (1)	3 (0)
First order relative	47 (14)	11 (8)	12 (2)	2 (0)	14 (3)	5 (1)	3 (0)