title: Sewall Wright and quantitative genetics.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Animal Genetics, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Hill
mesh_terms: 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