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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Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
1998-12-01
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Series: | Genetics and Molecular Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47571998000400025 |