Additive genetic variation and the distribution of QTN effects among sites

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 243, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 76-85

  Hu, Xin Sheng ^a   Li, Bailian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial selection; Distribution of gene effects; Genetic variation; L shaped distribution; QTN; Stabilizing selection

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; MUTATION;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL SELECTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUTANT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SELECTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33749044385     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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