Heritability and Heterogeneity: The Limited Relevance of Heritability in Investigating Genetic and Environmental Factors

Biological Theory

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 150-164

  Taylor, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

agricultural crops; analysis of variance; causes; heritability; heterogeneity; hypothesis generation; measurable factors; models; observational trials; rerun predictability

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249226204     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/biot.2006.1.2.150     Document Type: Article

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