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. 2021 Nov 25;128(1):1–10. doi: 10.1038/s41437-021-00471-4

Table 1.

Measures of inbreeding and coancestry.

Measure Description Evaluation
Fj Inbreeding coefficient for individual j: FPED: Path counting.
 ibd probability for homologous alleles FGold: Actual ibd in simulations.
θjj Coancestry for individuals j,j: ibd probability θPED: Path counting.
 for random alleles from j and j. θGold: Actual ibd in simulations.
The following hold for PED and Gold values.
FW Average inbreeding coefficient. FW=1nj=1nFj for n individuals.
Ψj Average coancestry coefficient for individual j. Ψj=1n1j=1njjθjj
θS Average coancestry coefficient. θS=1nj=1nΨj
fj Within-population inbreeding coefficient fj=FjθS1θS
 for individual j.
fW Average within-population inbreeding coefficient. fW=FWθS1θS
ψj Within-population average kinship coefficient for ψj=ΨjθS1θS
 individual j.