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Table 2 Formulas of genealogical measures in GENLIB

From: GENLIB: an R package for the analysis of genealogical data

Completeness

\( {C}_g = \frac{A_g}{2^g} \)

A g : number of known ancestors at generation g F g : number of founders at generation g T g : number of expected ancestors at generation g (=2 g) N f : generation of founder f (summation over all generations g or over all founders f)

Implex index

\( {I}_g = \frac{Distinct\ {A}_g}{2^g} \)

Mean genealogical depth

\( D={\displaystyle \sum_gg\frac{F_g}{T_g}={\displaystyle \sum_f{N}_f}\frac{1}{2^{N_f}}} \)

Variance of mean genealogical depth

\( {\displaystyle \sum_g}g2\frac{F_g}{T_g}-D2 \)

Kinship

\( {\varphi}_{ij} = {\displaystyle \sum_a}\left(1+{f}_a\right){\frac{1}{2}}^{g_{ai}+{g}_{aj}+1} \)

g ai (g aj ) : number of generations between subject i (j) and ancestor a, common to i and j (summation over all ancestors a)

Inbreeding

f i  = φ kl

k, l : the parents of i

Genetic Contribution

\( GC\left(s,a\right)={\displaystyle \sum_p}{\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}^{g_p} \)

g p : number of generations between subject s and ancestor a through path p (summation over all possible paths p)