Sewall Wright and quantitative genetics |
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| Authors: | W G Hill |
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| Institution: | Institute of Animal Genetics, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. |
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| Abstract: | Some aspects of Wright's great contribution to quantitative genetics and animal breeding are reviewed in relation to current research and practice. Particular aspects discussed are as follows: the utility of his definition of inbreeding coefficient in terms of the correlation of uniting gametes; the maintenance of genetic variation in the optimum model; the inter-relations between past and present animal-breeding practice and the shifting-balance theory of evolution. |
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