Pedigrees or markers: Which are better in estimating relatedness and inbreeding coefficient?

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Individual inbreeding coefficient (F) and pairwise relatedness (r) are fundamental parameters in population genetics and have important applications in diverse fields such as human medicine, forensics, plant and animal breeding, conservation and evolutionary biology. Traditionally, both parameters are calculated from pedigrees, but are now increasingly estimated from genetic marker data. Conceptually, a pedigree...

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• Computer Simulation
• Consanguinity
• Genetic Markers
• Genetics, Population
• Inbreeding
• Metagenomics