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Canalisation and Robustness : the geneticist's insight
25/06/10
© INRA Although frequently used in animal production, the term robustness does not have a standard definition and covers concepts that may be different amongst fields. For the geneticist, it may be the property of an expressed trait that varies little with different environments. This article of INRA's Productions Animales special issue presents underlying genetic hypotheses and the models associated wtith the interaction between genotype and environment.
>>> Have a look at the latest issue of INRA's Productions Animales : Report "Robustness, rusticity, flexibility, plasticity, ... the new criteria of quality of farm animals : systemic and biological definitions of the various concepts (only abstracts in English )
Writing:
PHuan - WBrand-Williams (translation)
Creation date: 06 July 2010 Update: 08 July 2010 |