1989/09/01 by H H Geiger, H. H. Geiger, M Heun +1 · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Genetics and Plant Breeding #Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology #Plant Pathogens and Resistance
paper · doi:10.1146/annurev.py.27.090189.001533
Continuous variation of a trait is usually caused by the simultaneous segregation of many genes that affect the trait and by a multitude of nongenetic factors. However, continuity as such does not unequivocally indicate polygenic inheritance, since small differences between genotypic values may be blurred by nongenetic variation.