A note on the estimation of the effective number of additive and dominant loci contributing to quantitative variation.

doi:10.1093/genetics/135.3.907

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A note on the estimation of the effective number of additive and dominant loci contributing to quantitative variation.

Genetics - 1 Nov 1993

Ollivier L, Janss L L

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A method of estimating the number of loci contributing to quantitative variation has been proposed by S. Wright in 1921. The method makes use of the means of inbred lines and the variances of their F1, F2 and backcrosses. The method has been extended to crosses between outbreeding populations by...

Topics

Animals
Biometry
Crosses, Genetic
Female
Genes, Dominant
Genetic Techniques
Genetic Variation
Male
Models, Genetic

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