Structure of populations under mixed random and sib mating

Structure of populations under mixed random and sib mating Article

Ghai, GL. (1969). Structure of populations under mixed random and sib mating . THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS, 39(4), 179-182. 10.1007/BF00272526

The present investigation relates to various properties of population bred by mixture of breeding systems namely mixed random and sib mating. Expressions have been derived which give the genotypic frequencies in any given generation in terms of the initial values. Under the mating system considered the population will eventually become stable having a certain amount of heterozygosis depending upon the amounts of random and sib mating. The loss of heterozygosity in successive generations has been examined for varying amounts of sib mating in the population. The formulae have been derived giving the mean and genotypic variance in any given generation of continued mixed mating. The effect of the mating system considered on mean and genotypic variance in successive generations has been discussed in detail in case of (i) absence of dominance and (ii) complete dominance. © 1969 Springer-Verlag.