USE OF CANONICAL VARIATES IN GENETIC-DIVERGENCE STUDIES

Authors
FERREIRA DF SAMPALO GD REZENDE P
Citation
Df. Ferreira et al., USE OF CANONICAL VARIATES IN GENETIC-DIVERGENCE STUDIES, Brazilian journal of genetics, 20(3), 1997, pp. 497-500
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Brazilian journal of genetics
ISSN journal
01008455 → ACNP
Volume
20
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
497 - 500
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
Exact correlation coefficients between a canonical variate and measure d traits were derived to evaluate genetic divergence among varieties. This method allows the plant breeder to determine which traits contrib ute significantly to genetic divergence and, also, to identify the mos t important among them. An example is presented, related to a trial wh ere 28 varieties of maize were evaluated for two traits.