AGB 211: Livestock and Poultry Breeding (2+1)

MEASUREMENT OF RELATIONSHIP COEFFICIENT IN DIRECT RELATIONSHIP

• The system used for measuring the degree of relationship wasworked out by Wright (1922) and is applicable to any regular or irregular mating system.

Relationship Coefficient in direct relationship

• n – is the number of generations between the individual and the ancestor in the pathway of direct descent from the ancestor to the individual.