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Polygene analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Neil Gilbert
Neil Gilbert
Affiliation:
John Innes Institute, Bayfordbury, Hertford, Herts.
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The usual conventions are relaxed to permit the introduction of a curved genetic model that shows some attractive features. Linear polygene analysis is examined in the light of this more flexible model. It is shown that great care is necessary in the choice of scale, since variances are more sensitive than means to small deviations from additivity. Inclusion of the F3 is necessary for successful prediction by extrapolation. The genetical validity of any type of polygene analysis is discussed. The new model is quite promising for the analysis of means; but I think that the (more ambitious) analysis of variances is likely to remain intractable, for both genetical and statistical reasons.

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Research Article
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Genetics Research , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , February 1961 , pp. 96 - 105
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1961

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