The infinitesimal model: definition, derivation, and implications

DOI10.1016/j.tpb.2017.06.001zbMath1394.92082OpenAlexW2735155748WikidataQ39435977 ScholiaQ39435977MaRDI QIDQ1746110

Amandine Véber, Nick H. Barton, Alison M. Etheridge

Publication date: 24 April 2018

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2017.06.001

zbMATH Keywords

epistasisselectionquantitative geneticsinfinitesimal model

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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