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A model combining features of Griffing's diallel cross analysis with regression analysis for genotype-environment interactions is introduced using carp data of Moav et al. (1975) as an example. An analysis of variance based on this model provides information on the combining abilities of genetic effects and the interactions of these effects with environments from which inferences can readily be made on heterosis and heterosis-environment interactions.
Applying the empirical grouping method of Lin and Thompson (1975) to these data (ignoring their diallel cross structure) established groups which were remarkably consistent with their members' crossing backgrounds.
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Lin, C., Binns, M. & Thompson, B. The use of regression methods to study genotype-environment interactions. Heredity 38, 309–319 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1977.93
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