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. 2022 Jan 23;12(3):275. doi: 10.3390/ani12030275

Table 5.

Probabilities of gene origin and founder analysis.

Parameter Reference Population (Both Parents Known) (n = 14,538)
Historical population 358,041
Current population 115,757
Base population (one or more unknown parents) 194,109
Actual base population (one unknown parent = half founder) 151,378
Number of founders contributing to the reference population, n 89,743
Number of ancestors contributing to the reference population, n 86,329
Effective number of nonfounders (Nef) 490.08
Number of founder equivalents (fe) 2944.77
Effective number of ancestors (fa) 162
Founder genome equivalents (fg) 420.15
fa/fe ratio 0.06
fg/fe ratio 0.14
Ancestors explaining 25% of the gene pool (n) 17
Ancestors explaining 50% of the gene pool (n) 317
Ancestors explaining 75% of the gene pool (n) 15,436
Ancestors explaining 100% of the gene pool (n) 86,297
Average individual increase in inbreeding (ΔF) (%) 0.02
Average relatedness (ΔR) (%) 0.33