AGB 121: Principles of Animal Genetics and Population Genetics (2+1)

DEGREE OF RESEMBLANCE BETWEEN OFFSPRING AND PARENTS

• For the estimation of degree of resemblance between offspring and parents, the grouping of the individuals into pairs rather than families is required.
• One parent or mean of the parents is paired with one offspring or mean of several offsprings.
• The degree of resemblance is therefore expressed as the regression (b_OP) of offspring on parents and is given by