Contents

3. Changes in Variance Induced by Random Genetic Drift

• Within-population Variance
  • Complications arising from nonadditive gene action
  • Sampling error
  • The data
• Between-population Variance
  • Sampling error
  • The data
• Covariance Between Inbred Relatives
• The Role of Polygenic Mutation
  • Within-population variance
  • Between-population variance
• Estimation of the components of polygenic mutation

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