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noun
The phenomenon in which ancestral inbreeding causes the number of a descendant’s distinct ancestors to be smaller than that predicted by a binary tree (∑i=1n 2i, where n represents the number of generations).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Qualifier: genealogy
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Coined by Robert C. Gunderson.
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