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General Combining Ability Variance

General Combining Ability Variance is a genetic variance component in quantitative genetics that represents the average deviation of the progeny means of a given parent from the population mean across all possible cross combinations, attributable to the additive effects of alleles at multiple loci.

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1.1K

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315

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2017–2026

48

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Gca Variance

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Publications

310

Rapid assessment of wood density of live trees using the Resistograph for selection in tree improvement programs

Fikret Işik, Bai-Lian Li · Canadian Journal of Forest Research · 2003 · 154 citations

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Impact of Interpopulation Divergence on Additive and Dominance Variance in Hybrid Populations

Jochen C. Reif, F-M Gumpert, Sandra E. Fischer et al. · Genetics · 2007 · 150 citations · Full text

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Classifying Maize Inbred Lines into Heterotic Groups using a Factorial Mating Design

Xingming Fan, Y. M. Zhang, W. H. Yao et al. · Agronomy Journal · 2009 · 120 citations

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Genetic Variability and Control of Nodal Root Angle in Sorghum

Vijaya Singh, Erik van Oosterom, David Jordan et al. · Crop Science · 2011 · 104 citations

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Combining Ability and Heterosis for Grain Iron and Zinc Densities in Pearl Millet

Mahalingam Govindaraj, K. N., P. Shanmugasundaram et al. · Crop Science · 2013 · 98 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. AE
    Albrecht E. Melchinger

    University of Hohenheim, Germany

    6 publications · 270 citations

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  2. JC
    Jochen C. Reif

    Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK), Germany

    6 publications · 401 citations

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  3. RR
    R. R. Hill

    Agricultural Research Service, United States

    4 publications · 65 citations

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  4. MG
    Manje Gowda

    International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Kenya

    4 publications · 229 citations

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  5. WD
    W. D. Guthrie

    Iowa State University, United States

    3 publications · 108 citations

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Institutions

315

  1. Agricultural Research Service

    Washington, United States

    11 h-index

    18 publications

    335 citations

  2. University of Hohenheim

    Stuttgart, Germany

    10 h-index

    36 publications

    1.7K citations

  3. Iowa State University

    Ames, United States

    9 h-index

    11 publications

    446 citations

  4. North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, United States

    7 h-index

    18 publications

    566 citations

  5. Universidade Federal de Viçosa

    Viçosa, Brazil

    6 h-index

    20 publications

    416 citations

  6. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    227 citations

  7. Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation

    Brasília, Brazil

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    198 citations

  8. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    6 h-index

    22 publications

    690 citations

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  1. Crop Science

    73 publications · 2.6K citations

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  2. Plant Breeding

    10 publications · 200 citations

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  3. Frontiers in Plant Science

    9 publications · 328 citations

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  5. HortScience

    6 publications · 95 citations

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