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Table 2 Pair-wise relationships within TFSE pedigrees

From: An epigenetic map of age-associated autosomal loci in northern European families at high risk for the metabolic syndrome

Number of relative pairs

Familial relationship

Proportion of alleles shared IBD

196

Parent-offspring

1/2

212

Siblings

1/2

91

Grandparent-grandchild

1/4

439

Avuncular

1/4

1

Half siblings

1/4

13

Great grandparent-grandchild

1/8

275

Grand avuncular

1/8

2

Half avuncular

1/8

454

First cousins

1/8

598

First cousins, 1 rem

1/16

1

Half first cousins

1/16

236

Second cousins

1/32

  1. IBD identical by descent.
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Clinical Epigenetics

ISSN: 1868-7083

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