kinshi Flashcards
(8 cards)
1
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relatedness
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id by descent
2
Q
what categorical relation can relatedness find
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paternity testing, paternity assignment, sibship reconstruction
3
Q
coefficient of relatedness
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exceed fractions of alleles in a genome that 2 indies share IBD
4
Q
wy r is difficult to determine
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lots of estimators, microsats can be noisy (SNPs can fix this)
5
Q
pros of using microsats in paternity
A
can be Sur of father w/ 2 candidate (if <3 exist, can’t conclusively say but can exclude)
6
Q
cons of using microsatellites for parentage assignment
A
answers rarely 100% certain - use kore sophisticated stats
7
Q
how can data be improved
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sampling the biggest % of candidate parents, more markers, more variable markers, careful consideration
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