Statistical genetics and evolution of quantitative traits
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Statistical Genetics and Evolution of Quantitative Traits
The distribution and heritability of many traits depends on numerous loci in the genome. In general, the astronomical number of possible genotypes makes the system with large numbers of loci difficult to describe. Multilocus evolution, however, greatly simplifies in the limit of weak selection and frequent recombination. In this limit, populations rapidly reach Quasi-Linkage Equilibrium (QLE) i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Reviews of Modern Physics
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0034-6861,1539-0756
DOI: 10.1103/revmodphys.83.1283