From heritability to probability

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-105

  Tal, Omri ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Behavior genetics; Heritability; Normal distribution; Probability; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; HERITABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PROBABILITY;

EID: 58649111055     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-008-9129-7     Document Type: Article

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