three-quarter sibling
"Three-quarter siblings" share more genetic material than half-siblings but less than full siblings, often due to complex family relationships.
Definition
C1Genetics
(technical)A sibling with whom one shares about 37.5% of their genes, usually due to having one parent in common and the other parents being siblings.
Example
- If two children share a mother and their fathers are brothers, they are three-quarter siblings.
C1Horse Breeding
(technical)The offspring of a horse's sire and a sibling of its dam, or vice versa.
Example
- In horse breeding, a foal can be a three-quarter sibling to another if their sire and dam are closely related.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "three-quarter sibling":
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