Dominance is not necessary for heterosis: a two-locus model
- 1 June 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Genetics Research
- Vol. 49 (3) , 245-247
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0016672300027142
Abstract
Summary: Under a two-locus model with additive genes which combine multiplicatively to determine a quantitative trait, heterosis is generally observed in the F1 It is positive only if both frequencies of the best allele at each locus are not higher in the same parental population. In the F2, heterosis depends on the rate of recombination between the two loci. If linkage is tight, F1 superiority is nearly halved in the F2. But if the two genes are independent, heterosis is maintained in the F2 at the same level as in the F1.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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