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and by the same process, 



8 



z = 100 (16 - 5) = 6g ?5 

 16 



z = 100 (32 - 6) = 81 25 

 32 



and so forth. 



The values of the successive coefficients for 

 parent X offspring for 16 ancestral generations are 

 given in Table 2. 



By comparison of this table with Table 1 it is 

 evident that while the increase in intensity of 

 inbreeding is not so rapid in the first few ancestral 

 generations by this parent X offspring type of 

 breeding as with the brother X sister type, by the 

 time the tenth ancestral generation is reached the 

 values are for practical purposes the same. 



The curve of inbreeding for continued parent 

 X offspring breeding is shown in Fig. 1. 



ILLUSTRATION III. FIRST-COUSIN X FIRST-COUSIN 

 BREEDING 



As a third illustration may be taken the case of 

 continued cousin mating. Such breeding repre- 

 sents the next step in decreasing intensity of 

 inbreeding beyond the parent X offspring type. 



