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Quantitative Genetics

The branch of genetics concerned with the inheritance of continuously-varying traits.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Multivariate Quantitative Genetics of Anthropometric Traits from the Boas Data
Abstract The use of multivariate quantitative trait information to address questions of population relationships and… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Understanding Quantitative Genetics in the Systems Biology Era
Biology is now entering the new era of systems biology and exerting a growing influence on the future development of various… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Quantitative Genetic Models of Sexual Conflict Based on Interacting Phenotypes
Evolutionary conflict arises between reproductive partners when alternative reproductive opportunities are available. Sexual… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Genetics and geometry of canalization and developmental stability in Drosophila subobscura
BackgroundMany properties of organisms show great robustness against genetic and environmental perturbations. The terms… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Genome size, quantitative genetics and the genomic basis for flower size evolution in Silene latifolia.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS The overall goal of this paper is to construct an overview of the genetic basis for flower size evolution in… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Common gene variants, mortality and extreme longevity in humans
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Effective size and F-statistics of subdivided populations. I. Monoecious species with partial selfing.
Assuming discrete generations and autosomal inheritance involving genes that do not affect viability or reproductive ability, we… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
How long can humans live? Lower bound for biological limit of human longevity calculated from Danish twin data using correlated frailty model
1993
1993
QUANTITATIVE GENETICS OF SIZE AND PHENOLOGY OF LIFE‐HISTORY TRAITS IN CHAMAECRISTA FASCICULATA
  • C. Kelly
  • Evolution; international journal of organic…
  • 1993
  • Corpus ID: 205778393
Despite numerous adaptive scenarios concerning the evolution of plant life‐history phenologies few studies have examined the… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Quantitative Genetics, Molecular Markers, and Plant Improvement
Quantitative genetics in conjunction with statistics has provided much of the scientific framework for modern plant breeding… 
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