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To consider the effects of finite population size in terms of inbreeding, we define inbreeding as the union of a pair of gametes which carry genes at a given locus which are identical by descent. The inbreeding coefficient, F, measures the probability of such a union.
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Doolittle, D.P. (1987). Inbreeding. In: Population Genetics. Advanced Series in Agricultural Sciences, vol 16. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71734-5_19
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