additive genetic variance

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additive genetic variance

[¦ad·ə·div jə¦ned·ik ′ver·ē·əns]

(genetics)

That part of the genetic variance of a quantitative character attributed to the average effects of substituting one allele for another at a given locus or at the multiple loci governing a polygenic trait.

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In breeding of population of open pollination, the additive genetic variance contribute significantly in answer of selection of population.

Estimates of genetic parameter in maize commercial variety IPR 114 at Parana State, Brazil/Estimativas de parametros geneticos na variedade comercial de milho IPR 114 no Estado do Parana, Brasil

The estimates of additive genetic variance and heritability from this study are not precise because of the small numbers of families and parents in this trial.

Selective breeding Greenlip abalone (Haliotis laevigata): preliminary results and issues

This is because most of the genetic variance expressed by structural genes is additive and because genes with epistatic effects influence the response to individual selection through their contribution to the additive genetic variance (Crow and Kimura 1970).

The detection of plasticity genes in heterogeneous environments

additive genetic variance (DR), dominance (HR), within family environment ([E.

Genetic and environmental influences on intelligence: a study of twins

The estimated additive genetic variance for development time was higher in females than in males (Table 2).

Heritability of development time and protandry in the pitcher-plant mosquito, Wyeomyia smithii

28 and showed the same trend as those observed for additive genetic variance estimates.

Application of random regression models for genetic analysis of 305-d milk yield over different lactations of Iranian Holsteins

For all tested models, the first principal component explained more than 96% of the entire direct additive genetic variance (Table 2).

Multi-trait analysis of growth traits: fitting reduced rank models using principal components for Simmental beef cattle/Efetividade da reducao da dimensao da matriz de covariancia do efeito genetico direto na avaliacao genetica do crescimento em bovinos Simental

aii] = animal additive genetic variance for trait i;

Genetic analysis of fertility traits of Holstein dairy cattle in warm and temperate climate/Analise genetica de tracos de fertilidade em vacas leiteiras Holstein em climas quentes e temperados

In this study, the direct additive genetic variance for milk yield represents 44.

Estimation of genetic parameters for milk traits in Romanian local sheep breed/Estimacion de parametros geneticos para caracteristicas de la leche en la raza ovina local Rumano

90, respectively), inflating the estimate of the direct additive genetic variance.

Efectos geneticos directos y maternos para caracteristicas de crecimiento de bovinos Indubrasil

Epistasis as a source of increased additive genetic variance as population bottlenecks.

Variance component estimation using the additive, dominance, and additive x additive model when genotypes vary across environments

P]) was separated into the additive genetic variance ([V.

Study on heritability of growth in the juvenile sea urchin Strongylocentrotus nudus