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Table 2 Results of inbreeding measures calculation. The results are stated separately for the genotyped animals and for the reference population with all animals in the pedigree of the same birth years as the genotyped animals. The complete pedigree size amounts to 25.761 animals

From: Demographic assessment of the Dalmatian dog – effective population size, linkage disequilibrium and inbreeding coefficients

 

Population born from 1995 to 2015

Beadchip Sample

Number of animals

18,061

313

Mean F

0.035

0.026

Mean equivalent generations

7.46

7.49

Mean FIS

0.016

0.017

Number of ancestors

446

181

Effective number of ancestors

59

55

Number of ancestors explaining 50% of genetic diversity

22

20

Number of founders

797

498

Effective number of founders

158

135

Ne by individual increase in inbreeding (realized Ne)

92.87 ± 13.29

116.16 ± 14.93

Mean generation interval in years

4.33

4.54