Introduction to Quantitative Genetics |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CHANGES OF GENE FREQUENCY | 35 |
Mutation | 47 |
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A₁ additive variance alleles animals artificial selection average effect base population breeding value bristle number cause cent change of gene chapter coefficient of inbreeding components of variance connexion correlated response covariance dominance deviations dominance variance Drosophila melanogaster environment environmental variance equation equilibrium estimate example experimental expressed F₁ F₂ family means family selection favouring fitness fixation full-sib families gametes gene frequency genetic correlation genetic properties genetic variance genotype frequencies graphs heritability heterosis heterozygotes homozygotes idealised population inbred lines inbreeding coefficient inbreeding depression increase intensity of selection interaction intermediate litter loci locus mating mean genotypic mean value measured methods metric character mice mid-parent values natural selection non-additive number of individuals offspring overdominance parents phenotypic correlation phenotypic value phenotypic variance pleiotropy population mean progeny random drift rate of inbreeding recessive refer regression relationship response to selection Robertson selection differential sibs standard deviation Table threshold units tion variation vertebrae weight zygotes