(DOI:10.1159/000154328)
Variation in Genetic Identity among RelativesGuo S.-W.Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., USA
Sun-Wei Guo, PhD, Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 38109-2029 (USA) |
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Abstract
Genetic identity, or genetic relatedness, among relatives, is a key concept in kin recognition, which in turn is important in models for inclusive fitness and inbreeding avoidance. A mathematical definition is presented for the genetic identity based on the proportion of genome shared identical by descent by two relatives. The method of Guo [Am J Hum Genet 1995;56:1468–1476] is used to compute the variance of the genetic identity for various types of relationships. The method is versatile and can handle any kind of relationship. To illustrate the method, the standard errors of the genetic identity using published human genetic maps are computed.
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Received: April 20, 1995
Accepted: June 17, 1995
Published online: September 03, 2008
Number of Print Pages: 10
Number of Figures: 0
Number of Tables: 0
ISSN: 0001-5652 (Print)
eISSN: 1423-0062 (Online)
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