2008-05-01

SEWALL WRIGHT’S “Systems of Mating”

Have you every tried to read a series of five papers (see bellow) on Systems of mating by Sewall Wright? They are were hard to read. Nice summary about this series of papers and their effect on animal genetics was given by Hill in perspectives section of Genetics journal.

SYSTEMS OF MATING. I. THE BIOMETRIC RELATIONS BETWEEN PARENT AND OFFSPRING
Genetics 1921 6: 309-s [Abstract] [PDF]

SYSTEMS OF MATING. II. THE EFFECTS OF INBREEDING ON THE GENETIC COMPOSITION OF A POPULATION
Genetics 1921 6: 309-t [Abstract] [PDF]

SYSTEMS OF MATING. III. ASSORTATIVE MATING BASED ON SOMATIC RESEMBLANCE
Genetics 1921 6: 309-u [Abstract] [PDF]

SYSTEMS OF MATING. IV. THE EFFECTS OF SELECTION
Genetics 1921 6: 162-166. [PDF]

SYSTEMS OF MATING. V. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
Genetics 1921 6: 167-178. [PDF]

No comments: