Sewall Wright and quantitative genetics.
Some aspects of Wright's great contribution to quantitative genetics and animal breeding are reviewed in relation to current research and practice. Particular aspects discussed are as follows: the utility of his definition of inbreeding coefficient in terms of the correlation of uniting gametes; the maintenance of genetic variation in the optimum model; the inter-relations between past and present animal-breeding practice and the shifting-balance theory of evolution.
Hill
W G
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Institute of Animal Genetics, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000235:genetics; D000830:Animals, Laboratory / Q000235:genetics; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001947:Breeding / Q000266:history / Q000379:methods; D005823:Genetics / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007178:Inbreeding; D008957:Models, Genetic