name_and_address_supplied{at}hotmail.com (Name And Address Supplied) wrote
in news:bt89bt$1p5g$1{at}darwin.ediacara.org: 

> William Morse  wrote in message
> news:... 
> 
>> A quick check of references on the internet indicates that Hamilton's
>> "r" is in fact IBD. 
> 
> By IBD you mean "probability of identity by descent", a la Malecot? If
> so, then your internet references have misled you.


Well, I have done some more looking. Unfortunately I have not found 
Hamilton's original paper on the internet, and I don't have any easy access 
to a library that has it. What I did find is an article  (www.wsu.edu/
~gomulki/gencb511/II/outlineII_1.pdf) that discusses the mathematics of 
Malecot's IBD in some detail, and then goes on to state that this is 
equivalent to Hamilton's "r", even if Hamilton did not originally
discuss r 
in those terms. 

Now if you have references that show otherwise, I would be happy to learn 
of them.

Yours,

Bill Morse
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