TY  - JA
AU  - Hayman,B.I.
TI  - Interaction, heterosis and diallel crosses
SN  - 0016-6731
PY  - 1957///
CY  - United Kingdom
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - AGROVOC
KW  - Heterosis
KW  - Diallel analysis
KW  - Cross-breeding
N1  - Peer-review: Yes - Open Access: Yes|http://science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=MASTER&ISSN=1943-2631
N2  - The most recent of the many explanations of heterosis is that is it the expression of the joint action favorable combinations of genes at different loci: it is that interaction, such as complementary action, between nonallelic genes brought together from the parents surpasses the simple summation of the effects of these genes in the parents. Comstock and Robinson (1948) pointed out that such nonallelic interaction (dominance) and they and other contributors suggested in Heterosis (1952) that epistasis might be partly responsible for heterotic effects. Jinks (1954a, 1955) has suggested that apparent overdominance may be due partly to epitasis. We present a new method of testing for and measuring epitasis in a diallel experiment carried to the F2 generation and of examining the connection between heterosis and epitasis. We discuss several diallel experiments and relate our investigation to the recent diallel analysis of Jinks and Hayman (1953 and later). We also make some points of interest to plant breeders
T2  - Genetics
ER  -