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Coefficient of coancestry
 
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  The probability fAB that two homologous genes , one from individual A and the other from individual B, are identical by decent, i.e., are descended from the same ancestral gene. The complementary probability, 1-fAB, is the probability that these two genes come from unrelated ancestors.  
     


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