Using clonal replicates to explore genetic variation in a perennial plant species

✍ Scribed by G. S. Foster; D. V. Shaw

• Book ID: 104714322
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1988
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 594 KB
• Volume: 76
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0040-5752
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00303527

✦ Synopsis

An experimental design is presented for estimating genetic parameters using a family structure with clonally replicated individuals. This experimental design provides a technique to quantify genetic variation in a population, with partial separation of additive, dominance and epistatic gene action. Our method is offered as an alternative to techniques for estimating epistatic gene action that require several generations and/or inbreeding. Such methods are not particularly useful for long-lived perennials with long generation cycles. An example of the analysis is given with a forest tree species, Populus deltoides Bartr., and parameter estimates are presented for traits measured over 8 years.