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Is offspring—midparent regression affected by assortative mating of parents?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

A. Gimelfarb
A. Gimelfarb
Affiliation:
Department of Biology (Whitman), The University of Chicago, Chicago, 1L 60637
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An analysis based on a model that is different from the traditional Fisher's model for quantitative characters under assortative mating reveals that the genotypic offspring–midparent regression can be affected by assortative mating of parents. It is demonstrated that the prediction that mating parents assortatively introduces only a negligible bias in the estimated coefficient of linear offspring-midparent regression is limited to Fisher's model and cannot be generalized.

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Research Article
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Genetics Research , Volume 47 , Issue 1 , February 1986 , pp. 71 - 75
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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