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EVOLUTIONARY QUANTITATIVE GENETICS: HOW LITTLE DO WE KNOW?
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Our emphasis is on the genetic basis of quantitative variation, and its effects on the evolution of quantitative. Our review indicates that few experiments approach basic issues such as the number of loci that contribute to within-population variation, the rate of polygenic mutation, the extent of pleiotropy, the mechanisms that maintain additive variance, and the reasons for reduced fitness of extreme phenotypes
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- Authors
- Barton, N. H., & Turelli, M.
- Affiliations
- University College London (GB)
- Venue
- Annual Review of Genetics
- Publisher
- Annual Reviews
- Published
- 1989-12
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 337-370
- ISSN
- 0066-4197 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-2948
- OpenAlex
- W2153359028
- Cited by
- 686
- References
- 93
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- FWCI
- 7.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Annual Review of Genetics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Keywords
- quantitative genetics, polygenic mutations, pleiotropy, additive genetic variance, number of loci, extreme phenotypes
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Biological Evolution, Genetics, Mutation, Phenotype, Selection, Genetic
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