A century after Fisher: Time for a new paradigm in quantitative genetics

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 669-676

  Nelson, Ronald M ^a   Pettersson, Mats E ^a   Carlborg, Örjan ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Additive model; Epistasis; Fisher; Paradigm shift; Phenotype genotype map; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

EPIGENETICS; EPISTASIS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; REVIEW;

ADDITIVE MODEL; EPISTASIS; FISHER; PARADIGM SHIFT; PHENOTYPE-GENOTYPE MAP; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS;

ALLELES; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84888128152     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2013.09.006     Document Type: Review

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