Commentary: ``Fisher's infinitesimal model: a story for the ages

DOI10.1016/j.tpb.2017.09.003zbMath1394.92088OpenAlexW2762815307WikidataQ46099715 ScholiaQ46099715MaRDI QIDQ1746109

Michael Turelli

Publication date: 24 April 2018

Published in: Theoretical Population Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2vn8d3xk

zbMATH Keywords

epistasisGaussian approximationslinkage disequilibriaadditive effectspolygenic traitsselection response

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Problems related to evolution (92D15) Genetics and epigenetics (92D10)

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