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A model, developed by Seyffert and Forkmann (1976), simulates quantitative characters by genes with biochemically definable action. This model, however, possesses a number of shortcomings which have been overcome by a modified model of the form:
where \({\text{y}}_{\left[ {{\text{X}}_{\text{1}} ,{\text{ X}}_{\text{2}} , \ldots {\text{X}}_{\text{k}} } \right]}\) is the score of the genotype [x1,... xk], xi is the number of positive alleles (0,1,2) at locus i, and Y, ri, ci are fitted constants. As well as having a better fit to the data published by Seyffert and Forkmann for the anthocyanin content of flowers of Matthiola incana, this modified model has implications concerning heterosis, multiple allelism and optimum genotypes.
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Sedcole, J.R. A non-linear genetic model. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 62, 5–7 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00276271
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00276271