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additive genetic variance


The genetic variance in a character that is attributable to additive effects of alleles, and that determines how different progeny are from their parents. © Nature Education
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additive genetic variance


The total variance
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additive genetic variance


Genetic variance that arises from the additive effects of genes on the phenotype.
Source: archaeologyinfo.com

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additive genetic variance


Genetic variance associated with the average effects of substituting one allele for another.
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additive genetic variance


That component of the genetic variance in a character that is attributable to additive effects of alleles.
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additive genetic variance


Part of the phenotypic variance of quantitative traits, such as body size or age at maturity. The additive genetic variance is proportional to the expected change attributable to selection and is used [..]
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