Quantitative genetic variation
Author： Thompson James N. Jr.
Publisher： Elsevier Science
Publication year： 2012
E-ISBN: 9780323156028
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780126888508
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9780126888508
Subject： Q348 quantitative genetics, statistical genetics (biology)
Language： ENG
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Description
Quantitative Genetic Variation describes some of the experimental approaches to quantitative genetic variation, along with their potential applications and limitations. It considers one of the most widely applicable tools, i.e., biometrical analysis, as well as individual polygenic effects, specific components of a quantitative genetic trait, and artificial selection, and it shows how selection experiments can address specific developmental and genetic questions.
Organized into four sections encompassing 17 chapters, this volume begins with a historical overview of the study of quantitative genetic variation, along with genetic variation in fungi and Drosophila. It then discusses the biometrical approach to quantitative variation, selection theory and analysis, uses and limitations of polygene mapping, and computer simulation of the breeding program for polygene location. The reader is also introduced to genes affecting quantitative aspects of physiology in rodents, as well as cytological markers and quantitative variation in wheat.
This book will be extremely useful to students, researchers, and geneticists.
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