quantitative genetics

noun

1. population genetics.

quantitative genetics

1. The scientific study of the statistical analysis of the effects that heredity and environment have on phenotypic variation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of quantitative genetics¹

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

And now pigs may become even more valuable as laboratory animals, because researchers from the Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics at Aarhus University have mapped the most important genetic similarities between pigs and humans.

From Science Daily

One breed is dominant when it comes to the quantitative genetics game: the hornless, black Angus, which has been promoted as having better beef than others.

From Los Angeles Times

There was the biostatistician with a PhD in quantitative genetics, who could not find safety goggles that fit properly when working in the lab with chemicals.

From BBC

An integrative approach combining quantitative genetics, expression and diversity data permitted development of comprehensive gene networks for two major breeding traits, flowering time and oil metabolism, and revealed new candidate genes in these networks.

From Nature

He was raised on a small dairy farm and earned a doctorate in statistics and quantitative genetics from the University of Tennessee.

From New York Times