Accommodation of Gene-Chromosome Configuration Effects in Quantitative Inheritance and Selection Theory

Abstract

Gene-chromosome configuration effects may be generated in at least two different ways. The first results from the position.effect phenomenon, and the second, which is manifest if the individual is evaluated on the basis of its inbred progeny, is due to the restriction of independent segregation because of linkage. The present study is an attempt to generalize the gene model used in quantitative inheritance and selection theory so that it may accommodate these effects.