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Given a large population of a 2k-ploid organism, reproducing by constant proportions of selfing (s) and random mating (1 – s), with no double reduction and no selection, the theoretical population inbreeding coefficient (F) at equilibrium is s/{2k − (2k − 1)s}.
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McConnell, G., Fyfe, J. Mixed selfing and random mating with polysomic inheritance. Heredity 34, 271–272 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1975.30
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