Interactions of selection, linkage and drift in the dynamics of polygenic characters

Genetical Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-87

  Hospital, Frédéric ^a,b   Chevalet, Claude ^b  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MATHEMATICAL GENETICS; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

EID: 0029869701     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0016672300033498     Document Type: Article

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