Article
Evolution and path models in human behavioral genetics.
Behavior genetics - 1 Sept 1991
Carey G
Abstract excerpt
The evolutionary implications of the path-analysis model most often used in human behavior genetics are examined. With directional selection, a model of pure vertical environmental transmission does not respond in a fully adaptive fashion. Unless the coefficients of transmission are exactly 0.50, the population mean will not equilibrate at the selective optimum over time. If there is both genetic and vertical...
Topics
- Biological Evolution
- Genetics, Behavioral
- Humans
- Models, Genetic
- Phenotype
- Selection, Genetic
- Social Environment