3 points) Suppose we carry out a breeding strategy with corn that starts with tw

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3 points) Suppose we carry out a breeding strategy with corn that starts with two individual plants and ends in one offspring several generations later. An analysis of the breeding strategy shows that the value of the inbreeding coefficient: F 0.75 What is the exact meaning of this value of F in this particular case? Again, it relates to something about the original parent generation and the eventual offspring. (the next part of this question.contains a hint) trpreserrs If we said that the offspring was homozygous at 75% of its loci, we would almost certainly be incorrect. Why? (?

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The inbreeding coefficient (F) measures the probability that two genes at any locus in an individual are identical by descent from the common ancestors of the two parents i.e the degree to which the two alleles are more likely to be homozygous or heterozygous in an individual because the parents are related.

The value of F = 0.75 signifies that each allele has 75% of being identical by descent in the offspring.

If we said that the offspring was homozygous at 75% of its loci, we would almost be incorrect because the two alleles may not be homozygous, they may be heterozygous.

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