Patterns of the purging of deleterious genes with synergistic interactions in different breeding schemes

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 337-346

  Fu, Yong Bi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breeding schemes; Computer simulation; Deleterious genes; Inbreeding depression; Synergism

Indexed keywords

BREEDING METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DELETERIOUS GENE; DIPLOIDY; DOMINANT INHERITANCE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE PURGING; INBREEDING; SELFING;

EID: 0032962534     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001220051078     Document Type: Article

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