Mink DNA is extracted from fresh liver tissue which is collected from both aclosed inbred and an open outbred population,and DNA fingerprint profiles are prepared.DNA fingerprinting characteristic indices,including average band frequncy and average bandsharing,of full sibs,half sibs and unrelated individuals within each population have beencomputed.Regression of band sharing on relatedness under different degree of inbreedinganalysed.The results show that band sharing increased with the increment of relationship co-efficient whatever the degree of inbreeding is,and the relationship between the...