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Heterozygosity for genes influencing a quantitative trait.
Journal of animal science - 1 Jun 2002
Du F X, DeNise S K, Woodward B W
Abstract excerpt
Choosing families to sample for a quantitative trait locus mapping experiment is a critical component of experimental design because only heterozygous families contribute information to the analysis. Additive genetic variance of a paternal half-sib family can be partitioned into two parts: a variance component of maternal source that is constant across different families and a variance component of paternal...
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