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Statistical mechanics and the evolution of polygenic quantitative traits.

Genetics - 1 Mar 2009

Barton N H, de Vladar H P

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The evolution of quantitative characters depends on the frequencies of the alleles involved, yet these frequencies cannot usually be measured. Previous groups have proposed an approximation to the dynamics of quantitative traits, based on an analogy with statistical mechanics. We present a modified version of that approach, which makes the analogy more precise and applies quite generally to describe the evolution...

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PMID: 19087953
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.108.099309
PMCID: PMC2651070

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