Table 1 Theoretical proportions of genotypes in segregating populations generated over 1, 2, 3 and n generations of selfing

F₁

0

1

0

1/4

1/2

1/4

1/2

1/2

0

F₂

1/4

1/2

1/4

3/8

1/4

3/8

5/8

1/4

1/8

F₃

3/8

1/4

3/8

7/16

1/8

7/16

11/16

1/8

3/16

F_x

$\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{2^x}$

$\frac{1}{2^{x-1}}$

$\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{2^x}$

$\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{2^{x+1}}$

$\frac{1}{2^x}$

$\frac{1}{2}-\frac{1}{2^{x+1}}$

$\frac{3}{4}-\frac{1}{2^{x+1}}$

$\frac{1}{2^x}$

$\frac{1}{4}-\frac{1}{2^{x+1}}$

F _n (n →∞)

1/2

0

1/2

1/2

0

1/2

3/4

0

1/4