The effect of repeated cycles of selecti
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L. Gomez-Raya; E. B. Burnside
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Article
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1990
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Springer
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English
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The genetic variance of a quantitative trait decreases under directional selection due to generation of linkage disequilibrium. After a few cycles of selection on individual phenotype, a limit is reached where there is no further reduction in the genetic variance. Bulmer's model is extended to an an