Intro biometrical ge netics sp (Science Paperbacks) - Brossura

Mather, Kenneth

 
9780412153204: Intro biometrical ge netics sp (Science Paperbacks)

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In the second edition of Biometricai Genetics, which appeared in 1971, we set out to give a general account of the subject as it had developed up to that time.

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Contenuti

1. The genetical foundation.- 1. Continuous variation.- 2. The genic basis.- 3. Assaying the chromosomes.- 4. Locating the genes.- 2. The biometrical approach.- 5. The manifestation of polygenic systems.- 6. Genetic analysis and somatic analysis.- 7. Biometrical genetics.- 3. Additive and dominance effects.- 8. Components of means.- 9. Testing the model.- 10. Scales.- 11. Components of variation: F2 and back-crosses.- 12. Generations derived from F2.- 13. The balance sheet of genetic variability.- 14. Partitioning the variation.- 4. Diallels.- 15. The principles of diallel analysis.- 16. An example of a simple diallel.- 17. Undefined diallels.- 18. An example of an undefined diallel.- 5. Genic interaction and linkage.- 19. Non-allelic interaction.- 20. Interaction as displayed by means.- 21. Variances and covariances.- 22. Correlated gene distributions: linkage.- 23. Diallels.- 6. Interaction of genotype and environment.- 24. Genotype x environment interaction.- 25. Two genotypes and two environments.- 26. A more complex case.- 27. The relation of g to e.- 28. Crosses between inbred lines.- 29. Variance of F2.- 7. Randomly breeding populations.- 30. The components of variation.- 31. Human populations.- 32. The use of twins.- 33. Experimental analysis.- 34. Complicating factors.- 35. Heritability.- 8. Genes and effective factors.- 36. Estimating the number of segregating genes.- 37. Consequences of linkage: effective factors.- 38. Other sources of estimates.- 9. Conclusion.- 39. Designing the experiments.- 40. Concepts and uses.- Glossary of symbols and abbreviations.- References.

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