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Standardizing selection and its consequences for genetic population structure

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Type of selection for total fitness, specific for domestic animals and termed by us standardizing selection, is discussed. Consequences of such selection for the population structure genetic are considered taking a population of domestic pigs as an example. Examples of effective and ineffective standardizing selection are presented. Specific features of genetic determination of ten quantitative traits detected in analysis of standardizing selection are discussed.

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Original Russian Text © S.P. Knyazev, S.V. Nikitin, 2011, published in Genetika, 2011, Vol. 47, No. 1, pp. 103–114.

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Knyazev, S.P., Nikitin, S.V. Standardizing selection and its consequences for genetic population structure. Russ J Genet 47, 90–99 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795411010030

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