Coefficient of Relatedness

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English: Coefficient of relatedness, coefficient of relationship
Czech: koeficient příbuznosti
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Coefficient of relatedness refers to probability that two related individuals have inherited a particular allele of the single locus / gene from their common ancestor (such allele is referred to as IBD - identical by descent). The coefficient is calculated as follows


where n represents the number of steps in genealogy.