Epistasis and its contribution to genetic variance components.

doi:10.1093/genetics/139.3.1455

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Epistasis and its contribution to genetic variance components.

Genetics - 1 Mar 1995

Cheverud J M, Routman E J

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We present a new parameterization of physiological epistasis that allows the measurement of epistasis separate from its effects on the interaction (epistatic) genetic variance component. Epistasis is the deviation of two-locus genotypic values from the sum of the contributing single-locus genotyp...

Topics

Animals
Body Weight
Epistasis, Genetic
Genetic Markers
Genetic Variation
Genotype
Heterozygote
Homozygote
Mice

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