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Encyclopedia > Pedigree

A pedigree is a list of ancestors (usually implying distinguished), a list of ancestors of the same breed (usually in the case of animals), the purity of a breed, individual, or strain, or a document proving any of these things. It is also used in a general sense to refer to the history of something or to imply that it has a distinguished lineage.


See also

  • Pedigree, a company that manufactures pet food
  • Pedigree for a dog of a certain breed
  • Pedigree for a cat of a certain breed
  • A pedigree chart is used by genealogists to summarize what is known about one's ancestors (parents, grandparents, great-gandparents, etc.). Also, Malecot's method of co-ancestry for how to devise an inbreeding coefficient from a pedigree.

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Pedigree - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (190 words)
A pedigree is a list of ancestors (usually implying distinguished), a list of ancestors of the same breed (usually in the case of animals), the purity of a breed, individual, or strain, or a document proving any of these things.
Pedigree for a cat of a certain breed
A pedigree chart is used by genealogists to summarize what is known about one's ancestors (parents, grandparents, great-gandparents, etc.).
Pedigree 2003 (530 words)
The topic of this lab is to create a pedigree to show the family history of a specific inheritance.
The purpose of this lab is to demonstrate how pedigree analysis can be used to determine the mode of inheritance for a genetic trait across several generations of humans.
A pedigree traces patterns of inheritance of genetic traits from generation to generation within a family (www.sc2000.net, 2003).
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