Heritability Flashcards

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measure of resemblance between relative

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heritability

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describes the proportion of total phenotypic variation in a population due to genetic factors

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heritability

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gives the proportion of phenotypic variation attributed to genetic variation within a certain population in a particular environment

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heritability estimate

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can be estimated using variance components

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heritability

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5
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What are the two types of heritability

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Heritability in the broad sense
Heritability in the narrow sense

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most predictable among the sources of genotypic variance

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additive gene effects

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the relationship between the additive variance and the total phenotypic variance is generally used as a measure of

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heritability

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concerned with how much of the parents’ phenotype is passed on to the progeny

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heritability in the narrow sense

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concerned with how much of an individual’s phenotype is caused by the genotype

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heritability in the broad sense

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what is the most direct way of estimating broad sense heritability?

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measuring the variance of a group of genetically identical individuals

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the variance of genetically identical individual is entirely due to

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environment

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12
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What are the sources of variation of P1 and P2?

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Environment

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What is the source of variation of F1?

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Environment

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What is the source of variation of F2?

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Genetics and Environment

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