Introduction to Quantitative GeneticsGenetic constitution of a population; Changes of gene frequency; Small populations: I changes of gene frequency under simplified conditions; Small populations: II less simplified conditions; Small populations: III pedigreed populations and close inbreeding; Continuous variation; Values and means; Variance; Resemblance between relatives; Heritability; Selection: I the response and its prediction; Selection: II the results of experiments; Selection: III information from relatives; Inbreeding and crossbreeding: I changes of mean calue; Inbreeding and crossbreeding: II changes of variance; Inbreeding and crossbreeding: III applications; Scale; Threshold characters; Correlated characters; Metric characters under natural selection. |
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Frequencies of genes and genotypes | 4 |
CHANGES OF GENE FREQUENCY | 24 |
I CHANGES OF GENE | 51 |
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additive variance alleles assortative mating average effect base population breeding value bristle number calculated cent change of gene Chapter coancestry components of variance correlated response covariance crosses dominance deviations dominance variance Drosophila Drosophila melanogaster environment environmental variance epistasis epistatic equal equation equilibrium estimated example expressed F₁ F₂ family mean females fitness fixation frequency of heterozygotes full sibs gametes gene frequency genetic correlation genetic variance genotype frequencies genotypic value given gives half sibs Hardy-Weinberg heritability heterosis homozygotes inbred lines inbreeding coefficient inbreeding depression increase individual selection intensity of selection interaction large number litter locus males measured metric characters mice mid-parent values mutation rate natural selection number of individuals number of loci observed overdominance parents phenotypic variance population mean predicted Problem progeny proportion random drift recessive gene reduced response to selection scale selection differential Solution standard deviation standard error Table tion variation weight