Linkage and the maintenance of variation for quantitative traits by mutation-selection balance: An infinitesimal model

Genetical Research

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-170

  Santiago, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVERAGE; CHROMOSOME NUMBER; CHROMOSOME SIZE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FITNESS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MUTATION; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

EID: 0031824840     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672398003231     Document Type: Article

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