Identity by descent

A DNA segment is identical by descent (IBD) in two or more individuals if:

  • they have inherited it from a common ancestor without recombination, that is, the segment has the same ancestral origin in these individuals
  • the segment is maximal, that is, it is delimited at both ends by ancestral recombination events.
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