Introduction to Quantitative Genetics - An-Najah Staff

Quantitative genetics traits are described in terms of the degree of expression of the trait, rather than the kind. 2 Scale of variability. Qualitative genetic traits provide discrete (discontinuous) phenotypic variation, whereas quantitative genetic traits produce phenotypic vari-ation that spans the full spectrum (continuous). 122 CHAPTER 8

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