Two types of plant peroxisomes:

Present in leaves - participates in photorespiration.

Present in germinating seeds (glyoxysomes) - converts fatty acids into sugars.

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Inbreeding

Preferential mating between related individuals.

Inbreeding is more likely to take place in nature when population size becomes very small, and the number of mates is limited.

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Inbreeding coefficient (F)

Probability that an individual has two identical alleles for a given gene.

Inbreeding coefficients can range from 0 to 1.

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Loop method for inbreeding coefficient

Summation of all possible loop (1/2)ⁿ