A multiplicative-epistatic model for analyzing interspecific differences in outcrossing species

Biometrics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 355-365

  Wu, Rongling ^a   Li, Bailian ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental (co)variance; Factorial mating design; Genetic (co)variance; Geometrical series; Multiplicative epistasis; Outcrossing species; Poisson distribution; Quantitative genetics; Species difference

Indexed keywords

CLONING; DESIGN; FORESTRY; GENES;

CO-VARIANCE; EXPERIMENTAL (CO)VARIANCE; FACTORIAL MATING DESIGN; GENETIC (CO)VARIANCE; GEOMETRICAL SERIES; MATINGS; MULTIPLICATIVE EPISTASI; OUTCROSSING SPECIES; QUANTITATIVE GENETIC; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COVARIANCE; EPISTASIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032967376     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341x.1999.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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