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Heritability as an indicator of genetical variation in fecundity

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Heritability is well known to be a poor indicator of genetical variation in fitness. We show here that it is also an inadequqte measure of genetical variation in fecundity.

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  1. G. R. Bishop

    Present address: Department of Nuclear Engineering, Queen Mary College, E1 4NS, London, England

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  1. Waite Agricultural Research Institute, Biometry Section, University of Adelaide, 5064, Adelaide, South Australia

    O. Mayo, G. R. Bishop & T. W. Hancock

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Acknowledgment. Part of this work was carried out while one of us (O. M.) was on sabbatical leave in the Genetics Laboratory, Oxford University. We thank Dr G. J. Thomson for stimulating discussion.

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Mayo, O., Bishop, G.R. & Hancock, T.W. Heritability as an indicator of genetical variation in fecundity. Experientia 33, 1024–1025 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01945946

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