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Parametric relationships between genotype x environment interaction and genetic correlation when two environments are involved

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Parametric relationships between the genotype x environment interaction and the genetic correlation of the same attribute measured in two different environments are derived. It is shown that the criticism by Fernando et al. (1984) of Yamada's method (1962) in the case of unbalanced data is irrelevant.

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  1. Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, Kyoto University, 606, Kyoto, Japan

    Y. Yamada, Y. Itoh & I. Sugimoto

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  1. Y. Yamada
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Communicated by J. S. F. Barker

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Yamada, Y., Itoh, Y. & Sugimoto, I. Parametric relationships between genotype x environment interaction and genetic correlation when two environments are involved. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 76, 850–854 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00273671

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