Hybrids are broadly used in plant breeding and accurate estimation of variance components is crucial for optimizing genetic gain. Genome-wide information may be used to explore models designed to ...

With multiple additive risks, the mean–variance approach and the expected utility approach of risk preferences are compatible if all attainable distributions belong to the same location–scale family.

Abstract: Evolution of size and growth depends on heritable variation arising from additive and maternal genetic effects. Levels of heritable (and nonheritable) variation might change over ontogeny, ...