Another look at multiplicative models in quantitative genetics.docVIP

Another look at multiplicative a Station de génétique végétale, INA-PG, ferme de Moulon, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France Station de génétique quantitative et appliquée, Institut national de la recherche agronomique, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas cedex, France of gene action. A formal decomposition of the mean and of the genotypic variance is presented. Connections between the statistical parameters of this model and those of the factorial decomposition into additive, dominance and epistatic effects are also emphasized. General formulae for the genotypic covariance among inbred relatives are given in