Estimation of heritability from experiments with inbred and related individuals

Abstract

Assuming an arbitrary amount of inbreeding and certain types of relationships among individuals in the parent population, it is shown how for nested and diallel mating designs the genetic and environmental variance components can be estimated from the mean squares in the usual analyses of variance. The systems of equations are given explicitly for the case of equal numbers of offspring per mating. A method for dealing with unequal numbers of offspring is outlined.