Quantitative and molecular genetic analyses of heterosis in bivalve molluscs

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-59

  Hedgecock, Dennis ^a   McGoldrick, Daniel J ^a   Manahan, Donal T ^b   Vavra, Jay ^b   Appelmans, Nicholas ^b   Bayne, Brian L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allozyme Heterozygosity Fitness Correlations; Dominance; Epistasis; Heterosis; Metabolism; Overdominance; Protein Turnover; QTL Mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030273132     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-0981(96)02569-5     Document Type: Article

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