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On the computation of inbreeding coefficients
Author(s) -
ROSTRON JOHN
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
annals of human genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1469-1809
pISSN - 0003-4800
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-1809.1978.tb00918.x
Subject(s) - inbreeding , computation , mathematics , computer science , algorithm , population , demography , sociology
Summary A method of calculating inbreeding coefficients is described using a recursive algorithm. This has been programmed in ALGOL 68 and in SNOBOL 4. Advantages and disadvant, ages of this method are discussed, and several examples are given.