inbreeding coefficient
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inbreeding coefficient
[′in‚brēd·iŋ ‚kō·ə‚fish·ənt] (genetics)
A measure of the rate of inbreeding or the degree to which an individual is inbred. Also known as Wright's inbreeding coefficient.
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