The Fraction of Genes That Two Individuals Share Due to Common

Question

The fraction of genes that two individuals share due to common ancestry is known as:
A) The inbreeding coefficient
B) The coefficient of relationship
C) The relative constant
D) All of these
E) None of these

Accepted Answer

The fraction of genes that two individuals share due to common ancestry is known as the coefficient of relationship. The inbreeding coefficient refers to the probability that an individual receives two identical copies of a gene from a common ancestor by descent. The term "relative constant" is not commonly used in genetics and is not related to this concept.