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Pedigree Method Fehr, Chapter 25. The pedigree method describes a selection protocol utilized during the inbreeding of populations of self- and cross-pollinated species in the development of homozygous lines. Superior single plants are selected in successive generations and a record is maintained of the parent-progeny relationships (which may extend to grand-parent, great-grandparent, or more ancestral generations). Selections are most frequently based on visual evaluations of high heritability traits, but any selection protocol, such as laboratory evaluation of plant chemical compositio