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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 1lXjl(2Xjl)l2p~l(1p~l) fj12n(1+fW)112n(1+fW)
f^HOMW 11nj=1nlXjl(2Xjl)l2p~l(1p~l) fW12n(1+fW)112n(1+fW)
f^ASj l(A~jlA~Sl)l(1A~Sl) fj
f^ASW 1nj=1nf^ASj fW
f^UNIjw l[Xjl2(1+2p~l)Xjl+2p~l2]l2p~l(1p~l) fj2ψj12n(3+4fj8ψjfW)112n(1+fW)
f^UNIWw 1nj=1nf^UNIjw fW32n(1+fW)112n(1+fW)
f^UNIju 1Ll=1LXjl2(1+2p~l)Xjl+2p~l22p~l(1p~l) No explicit expression.
f^STDjw l(Xjl2p~l)2l2p~l(1p~l)1 fj4ψj12n(3+4fj8ψjfW)112n(1+fW)
f^STDWw 1nj=1nf^STDjw fW32n(1+fW)112n(1+fW)
f^STDju 1Ll=1L(Xjl2p~l)22p~l(1p~l)1 No explicit expression.

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

ap~l=12nj=1nXjl is the sample allele frequency for SNP l.

bFor weighted averages over large numbers of loci.