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The nature of quantitative genetic variation revisited: lessons from Drosophila bristles.

BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology - 1 Feb 1996

Mackay T F

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Most characters that distinguish one individual from another, like height or weight, vary continuously in populations. Continuous variation of these 'quantitative' traits is due to the simultaneous segregation of multiple quantitative trait loci (QTLs) as well as environmental influences. A major challenge in human medicine, animal and plant breeding and evolutionary genetics is to identify QTLs and determine...

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PMID: 8851044
DOI: 10.1002/bies.950180207

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