Experimental use of the indicator character method. II. Results of using the indicator character total number of leaves per plant
Experimental use of the indicator character method. II. Results of using the indicator character total number of leaves per plant
Sokolov, I.D.
Genetika, USSR 19(7): 1128-1136
1983
The use of this ideal indicator character in selecting for quantitative characters is illustrated. Transformation of the initial data in respect of the characters selected for by regressing the values for these characters on that for the indicator character causes no change in the arithmetic means (x) but reduces the variances (s2).