MODELS OF MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE .3. CALCULATION OF COVARIANCE OF RELATIVES UNDER SELECTIVE ASSORTATIVE MATING

A hierarchy of kinship covariance calculations is elaborated within a framework of an extended selective mating mechanism. These include explicit determinations for first- through third-degree family relationships and correlations of adopted with natural children. A critique of several explicit and implicit assumptions in the classical procedures is contained in Section 2. © 1979.