Nb_HetEx: A Program to Estimate the Effective Number of Breeders

The program Nb_HetEx estimates the effective number of breeders (N-b) that produced the sampled progeny based on genotype counts contained in that sample. When the number of breeders is very small, there is an excess of heterozygotes in their progeny: the smaller the number of breeders, the larger the heterozygote excess. The Nb_HetEx program also estimates N-e through the temporal method.