Introduction to Quantitative GeneticsGenetic constitution of a population; Changes of gene frequency; Small populations: I. changes of gene frequency under simplified conditions; Small populations; II. sess simplified conditions; Small populations; III. pedigreed populations and close inbreeding; Continuous variation; Values and means; Variance; Resemblance between relatives; Heritability; Selection: I. the response and its prediction; Selection: II. The results of experiments; Selection; III. Information from relatives; Inbreeding and crossbreeding: I. changes of mean value; Inbreeding and crossbreedian: II. changes of variance; Inbreeding and crossbreeding: III. The utilisation of heterosis; Scale; Threshold characters; Correlated characters; Metric characters under natural selection. |
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INTRODUCTION | 1 |
CHANGES OF GENE FREQUENCY | 35 |
I Changes of gene frequency under | 47 |
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additive alleles amount animals applied arising average base population become breeding value cause cent chapter character combining components concerned consequences consider contribute correlation covariance crosses depends described deviation differential direction discussed dispersion distribution dominance effects environment environmental equal equation equilibrium estimate example expected experiment expressed females fitness full-sib gene frequency genetic genotype genotypic value given gives groups half heritability heterozygotes homozygotes identical illustrated important improvement inbred inbreeding coefficient increase individuals intensity interaction less limit lines loci locus mating measured method metric characters mice mutation natural natural selection observed offspring origin pairs parents phenotypic phenotypic value population mean practice probability progeny properties proportion random reason reduced refer regression relationship relatives respect response sampling scale selection shown sibs Table taken tion units variance variation weight