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infinitesimal model: a standalone construct

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the model by Fisher of a trait shaped by very many genes of tiny effect, which reconciles Mendelian inheritance with continuous variation.

In genetics, infinitesimal model refers to the model by Fisher of a trait shaped by very many genes of tiny effect, which reconciles Mendelian inheritance with continuous variation. This meaning comes from Fisher (1919) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[1]

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References

  1. Fisher, R. A. (1919). XV.: The Correlation between Relatives on the Supposition of Mendelian Inheritance. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 52(2), 399-433. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0080456800012163

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