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THE ‘polygene’ hypothesis was proposed by Mather1 to explain the sudden responses to selection which occurred in his experiments and in those of Payne2. Similar patterns of response to selection have been found by Sismanidis3, Thoday and Boam4, and Fraser and Hansche5. This phenomenon of sudden responses to selection is clearly distinct from the predictable, relatively smooth type of advance which is exemplified by the results of Clayton, Morris and Robertson6.
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Mather, K., J. Genet., 41, 159 (1941).
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Thoday, J. M., and Boam, T. B., Genet. Res., 2, 161 (1961).
Fraser, A. S., and Hansche, P. E., Genetics Today, 2 (Pergamon Press, London, 1964).
Clayton, G. A., Morris, J. A., and Robertson, A., J. Genet., 55, 131 (1957).
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NASSAR, R., FRASER, A. Selection and Polygenes. Nature 206, 323–324 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/206323a0
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