Contents

2. Inbreeding, Finite Popualtion Size and Gene Frequency Change

• Increase in Homozygosity with Inbreeding
• Finite Population Size and Random Genetic Drift
  • Long-term loss of genetic variation within populations
  • Development of between-population variance
• Buri's Experiment
• Avoidance of the loss of genetic variation
• Effective Population Size
  • Monoecy
  • Dioecy
  • Age Structure
  • Variable Population Size
  • Partial Inbreeding
• Additional considerations

PDF versions of a recent draft of this chapter are available. Feel free to use this for personal and/or class use until the book is available. Please note that these are copyrighted and that I would greatly appreciate feedback Note that while the screen view can look funny in places, the printed output is fine.

• Chapter 2 PDF file ( v. 31 July 1998): (413K)

Programs

• Pedigree Viewer is a Windows program by by Brian Kinghorn (Dept of Animal Science, University of New England, Australia) for graphically displaying large pedigrees, and computing inbreeding coefficients.
  • FTP site
  • More information

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Bruce Walsh. jbwalsh@u.arizona.edu . Comments welcome.