Linearity Versus nonlinearity of offspring-parent regression: an experimental study of Drosophila melanogaster.
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Gimelfarb, A; Willis, JH
Published in: Genetics
October 1994
An experiment was conducted to investigate the offspring-parent regression for three quantitative traits (weight, abdominal bristles and wing length) in Drosophila melanogaster. Linear and polynomial models were fitted for the regressions of a character in offspring on both parents. It is demonstrated that responses by the characters to selection predicted by the nonlinear regressions may differ substantially from those predicted by the linear regressions. This is true even, and especially, if selection is weak. The realized heritability for a character under selection is shown to be determined not only by the offspring-parent regression but also by the distribution of the character and by the form and strength of selection.
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Genetics
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1943-2631
ISSN
0016-6731
Publication Date
October 1994
Volume
138
Issue
2
Start / End Page
343 / 352
Related Subject Headings
- Wings, Animal
- Regression Analysis
- Models, Statistical
- Models, Genetic
- Male
- Female
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Developmental Biology
- Body Weight
- Animals
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Gimelfarb, A., & Willis, J. H. (1994). Linearity Versus nonlinearity of offspring-parent regression: an experimental study of Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics, 138(2), 343–352. https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/138.2.343
Gimelfarb, A., and J. H. Willis. “Linearity Versus nonlinearity of offspring-parent regression: an experimental study of Drosophila melanogaster.” Genetics 138, no. 2 (October 1994): 343–52. https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/138.2.343.
Gimelfarb A, Willis JH. Linearity Versus nonlinearity of offspring-parent regression: an experimental study of Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics. 1994 Oct;138(2):343–52.
Gimelfarb, A., and J. H. Willis. “Linearity Versus nonlinearity of offspring-parent regression: an experimental study of Drosophila melanogaster.” Genetics, vol. 138, no. 2, Oct. 1994, pp. 343–52. Epmc, doi:10.1093/genetics/138.2.343.
Gimelfarb A, Willis JH. Linearity Versus nonlinearity of offspring-parent regression: an experimental study of Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics. 1994 Oct;138(2):343–352.
Published In
Genetics
DOI
EISSN
1943-2631
ISSN
0016-6731
Publication Date
October 1994
Volume
138
Issue
2
Start / End Page
343 / 352
Related Subject Headings
- Wings, Animal
- Regression Analysis
- Models, Statistical
- Models, Genetic
- Male
- Female
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Developmental Biology
- Body Weight
- Animals