Thank you. (It is odd how difficult it is to suppose that a random cat is the result of sequential inbreeding—they really look no different than random cats.)
As I understand it, the reason the simplistic approach doesn’t quite work is because the knowledge that a genetic combination produced a functioning adult allows you to update on the total degree of sharing / whether or not any of the ruinous parts were shared.
Thank you. (It is odd how difficult it is to suppose that a random cat is the result of sequential inbreeding—they really look no different than random cats.)
In related news, check out MawBTS’s comment on this Cochran post on inbreeding, on Cleopatra’s ancestry. Yikes.
As I understand it, the reason the simplistic approach doesn’t quite work is because the knowledge that a genetic combination produced a functioning adult allows you to update on the total degree of sharing / whether or not any of the ruinous parts were shared.