Estimation of the proportion of genetic variance explained by molecular markers

Estimation of the proportion of genetic variance explained by molecular markers (p) plays an important role in basic studies of quantitative traits, as well as in marker-assisted selection (MAS), if the selection index proposed by Lande and Thompson (Genetics 124: 743-756, 1990) is used. Frequently,...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Bearzoti, Roland Vencovsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 1998-12-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47571998000400025