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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2003 iii Paper 40 6 a Solution by
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The kinship coefficient is the probability that one allele copy sampled uniformly from each of individuals , independently conditional on their copies, is identical by descent. The inbreeding coefficient is the probability that the two homologous allele copies within are identical by descent. For distinct offspring and older individual, Mendelian segregation givesFor the last identity, two independent selections choose the same copy with probability , and choose distinct copies with probability , in which case identity has probability . An unrelated, noninbred founder has and self-kinship , while distinct such founders have zero mutual kinship coefficient. The source's statement of zero founder kinship must be read as zero kinship between distinct founders; zero self-kinship would contradict the definition.
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