Palliating the impact of fixation of a major gene on the genetic variation of artificially selected polygenes

Genetical Research

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-118

  Sánchez, Leopoldo ^a,b   Caballero, Armando ^a   Santiago, Enrique ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b National Institute for Agricultural Research   (France)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFECT SIZE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; MATING SYSTEM; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; INBREEDING; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33751397952     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: 14695073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672306008421     Document Type: Article

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