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

Table 2.

Estimators of inbreeding.

Estimate Calculationa Expected Valueb
F^ROHj Proportion of homozygous blocks. No explicit expression.
f^MLEj Maximization of likelihood for fj. No explicit expression.
f^HOMj 1−∑lXjl(2−Xjl)∑l2p~l(1−p~l) fj−12n(1+fW)1−12n(1+fW)
f^HOMW 1−1n∑j=1n∑lXjl(2−Xjl)∑l2p~l(1−p~l) fW−12n(1+fW)1−12n(1+fW)
f^ASj ∑l(A~jl−A~Sl)∑l(1−A~Sl) fj
f^ASW 1n∑j=1nf^ASj fW
f^UNIjw ∑l[Xjl2−(1+2p~l)Xjl+2p~l2]∑l2p~l(1−p~l) fj−2ψj−12n(3+4fj−8ψj−fW)1−12n(1+fW)
f^UNIWw 1n∑j=1nf^UNIjw fW−32n(1+fW)1−12n(1+fW)
f^UNIju 1L∑l=1LXjl2−(1+2p~l)Xjl+2p~l22p~l(1−p~l) No explicit expression.
f^STDjw ∑l(Xjl−2p~l)2∑l2p~l(1−p~l)−1 fj−4ψj−12n(3+4fj−8ψj−fW)1−12n(1+fW)
f^STDWw 1n∑j=1nf^STDjw fW−32n(1+fW)1−12n(1+fW)
f^STDju 1L∑l=1L(Xjl−2p~l)22p~l(1−p~l)−1 No explicit expression.

aXjl is the reference allele dosage for SNP l in individual j.

ap~l=12n∑j=1nXjl is the sample allele frequency for SNP l.

bFor weighted averages over large numbers of loci.