Dominance and overdominance

The Genetics and Exploitation of Heterosis in Crops

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 49-58

  Crow, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance hypothesis; Gene action; Heterosis; Overdominance hypothesis; Population variance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85101890420     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/1999.geneticsandexploitation.c5     Document Type: Chapter

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