Prediction of selection response for threshold dichotomous traits.

doi:10.1093/genetics/132.4.1187

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Prediction of selection response for threshold dichotomous traits.

Genetics - 1 Dec 1992

Foulley J L

Abstract excerpt

This paper presents a formula to predict expected response to one generation of truncation selection for a dichotomous trait under polygenic additive inheritance. The derivation relies on the threshold liability concept and on the normality assumption of the joint distribution of additive genetic...

Topics

Animals
Breeding
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Population
Genotype
Models, Biological
Phenotype
Probability
Selection, Genetic

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