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The time of detection of recessive visible genes with non-random mating

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Armando Caballero ,
Alison M. Etheridge  and
William G. Hill
Armando Caballero*
Affiliation:
Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, Scotland
Alison M. Etheridge
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, Scotland
William G. Hill
Affiliation:
Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, Scotland
*
*Corresponding author
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Expressions for the probability and average time of detection of a recessive visible gene in populations where there is partial selfing or partial full-sib mating are presented. A small increase in the proportion of inbred matings greatly reduces the average time until detection and increases the proportion detected. Unless the proportion of inbred matings or the population size is very small, the time and proportion detected are approximately independent of the population size.

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Research Article
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Genetics Research , Volume 60 , Issue 3 , December 1992 , pp. 201 - 207
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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