Quantitative genetics
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Quantitative genetics is the study of continuous traits (such as height or weight) and their underlying mechanisms. It is effectively an extension of simple Mendelian inheritance in that the combined effect of the many underlying genes results in a continuous distribution of phenotypic values.
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See also
- Artificial selection
- Diallel cross
- Ewens's sampling formula
- Experimental evolution
- Genetic distance
- Heritability
- Population genetics, built on some of the same principles as quantitative genetics
- Selective breeding
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