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Threshold Traits

Threshold Traits is a type of polygenic trait that exhibits a discontinuous phenotypic expression despite an underlying continuous liability distribution, where the trait manifests only when an individual's genetic and environmental susceptibility exceeds a specific threshold.

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Threshold Characters

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HERITABILITY OF THRESHOLD CHARACTERS

Everett R. Dempster, I. Michael Lerner · Genetics · 1950 · 872 citations · Full text

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Theory and Analysis of Threshold Characters

Daniel Gianola · Journal of Animal Science · 1982 · 504 citations

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The power of the classical twin study to resolve variation in threshold traits

Michael C. Neale, Lindon J. Eaves, Kenneth S. Kendler · Behavior Genetics · 1994 · 298 citations

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A polygenic model for the evolution and maintenance of conditional strategies

Wade N. Hazel, Raymond W. Smock, Michael D. Johnson · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 1990 · 217 citations

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Population density drives the local evolution of a threshold dimorphism

Joseph L. Tomkins, Gordon Brown · Nature · 2004 · 174 citations

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Authors

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  1. DA
    Derek A. Roff

    McGill University, Canada

    7 publications · 283 citations

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  2. JL
    Joseph L. Tomkins

    The University of Western Australia, Australia

    5 publications · 308 citations

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  3. DJ
    Daphne J. Fairbairn

    Concordia University, Canada

    3 publications · 126 citations

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  4. KM
    Kentaro Morita

    Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, Japan

    2 publications · 42 citations

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  5. WN
    Wade N. Hazel

    DePauw University, United States

    2 publications · 238 citations

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Institutions

70

  1. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    355 citations

  2. University of St Andrews

    St Andrews, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    426 citations

  3. Département Génétique Animale

    Castanet-Tolosan, France

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    80 citations

  4. University of Aberdeen

    Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

  5. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    78 citations

  6. Hokkaido University

    Sapporo, Japan

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    42 citations

  7. Concordia University

    Montreal, Canada

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    158 citations

  8. Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre

    Trondheim, Norway

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    90 citations

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  1. Journal of Evolutionary Biology

    JEB · 6 publications · 274 citations

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  2. Evolution

    5 publications · 196 citations

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  4. Genetics

    4 publications · 971 citations

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  5. American Journal of Physical Anthropology

    2 publications · 104 citations

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