Douglas Scott Falconer

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According to Wikipedia, Douglas Scott Falconer was a Scottish geneticist known for his work in quantitative genetics. Falconer's book Introduction to quantitative genetics was written in 1960 and became a valuable reference for generations of scientists. Its latest edition dates back to 1996 and is coauthored by Trudy Mackay.

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Douglas Scott Falconer's Published Works

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Introduction to Quantitative Genetics (1961) (13728)
Introduction to quantitative genetics. 1. ed. (1984) (2595)
The inheritance of liability to certain diseases, estimated from the incidence among relatives (1965) (1548)
The Problem of Environment and Selection (1952) (932)
Selection in different environments : effects on environmental sensitivity (reaction norm) and on mean performance (1990) (319)
The inheritance of liability to diseases with variable age of onset, with particular reference to diabetes mellitus (1967) (292)
Two new mutants, ‘trembler’ and ‘reeler’, with neurological actions in the house mouse (Mus musculus L.) (2008) (220)
Replicated selection for body weight in mice. (1973) (219)
The genetics of litter size in mice. (1960) (170)
Patterns of response in selection experiments with mice. (1955) (169)
Selection of mice for growth on high and low planes of nutrition (1960) (167)
Standardized Nomenclature for Inbred Strains of Mice (1952) (162)
CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL STUDIES OF AN HEREDITARY NEUROPATHY IN MICE (DYSTONIA MUSCULORUM). (1964) (139)
Compensatory growth and sexual maturity in mice (1966) (133)
Genetic studies of ovulation rate in the mouse. (1969) (110)
Inbreeding depression and heterosis of litter size in mice. (1960) (102)
Improvement of litter size in a strain of mice at a selection limit. (1971) (71)
A Totally Sex-linked Gene in the House Mouse (1952) (70)
A note on Fisher's 'average effect' and 'average excess'. (1985) (68)
VALIDITY OF THE THEORY OF GENETIC CORRELATION An experimental test with mice (1954) (66)
Cell numbers and cell sizes in organs of mice selected for large and small body size. (1978) (64)
Sensory thresholds for solutions of phenyl-thio-carbamide. (1947) (53)
Variability of chimaeras and mosaics. (1978) (53)
Milk production in mice (1947) (51)
A GENE WITH MAJOR EFFECT ON SUSCEPTIBILITY TO INDUCED LUNG TUMORS IN MICE. (1964) (48)
Diabetes insipidus associated with oligosyndactyly in the mouse. (1964) (46)
Stocks for detecting linkage in the mouse, and the theory of their design (2008) (46)
Early selection experiments. (1992) (45)
The environment in relation to selection for size in mice (1952) (44)
The genetics of sex-linked anaemia in the mouse (1962) (43)
Analysis of differences in the numbers of eggs shed by the two ovaries of mice during natural oestrus or after superovulation. (1961) (42)
Selection for large and small size in mice (1953) (40)
A statistical and genetical study of diabetes: II. Heritability of liability (1972) (40)
Total sex-linkage in the house mouse (2004) (34)
Elements de Genetique Quantitative (1982) (34)
Effect of inbreeding on ovulation rate and foetal mortality in mice. (1960) (34)
A statistical and genetical study of diabetes I. Prevalence and morbidity (1971) (32)
ADIPOSE, A NEW INHERITED OBESITY OF THE MOUSE (1959) (31)
Growth hormone function in strains of mice selected for large and small size. (1978) (31)
Quantitative genetics in Edinburgh: 1947-1980. (1993) (29)
TWO NEW HAIR MUTANTS, ROUGH AND FRIZZYIn The House Mouse (1952) (29)
Protein variation in strains of mice differing in body size. (1975) (29)
Selection for Sex Ratio in Mice and Drosophila (1954) (28)
A Genetic Study of Induced Lung-Tumours in Mice (1962) (28)
On the Behaviour of Wireworms of the Genus Agriotes Esch. (Coleoptera, Elateridae) in Relation to Temperature (1945) (28)
The genetics and development of ‘crinkled’, a new mutant in the house mouse (2008) (25)
The control of body size in mouse chimaeras. (1981) (25)
Weight and age at puberty in female and male mice of strains selected for large and small body size. (1984) (24)
A New Mutant in the Progeny of Mice Treated with Nitrogen Mustard (1949) (23)
Sex-linked variegation modified by selection in brindled mice. (1972) (22)
Genetic Consequences of Selection Pressure (1966) (17)
Nutritional influences on the outcome of selection (1977) (16)
Linkage of rex with shaker-2 in the house-mouse (1947) (15)
'grizzled', A mutant in linkage group x of the mouse. (1966) (15)
Selection for environmental variability of body size in mice (2004) (15)
Curly-whiskers and its linkage with tail-kinks in linkage group II of the mouse. (1966) (13)
Non-random X-chromosome inactivation in the mouse: difference of reaction to imprinting. (1982) (13)
Growth regulation in chimaeras between large and small mice (1976) (12)
The estimation of mutation rates from incompletely tested gametes, and the detection of mutations in mammals (1949) (11)
On the Movement of Wireworms of the Genus Agriotes Esch. (Coleoptera, Elateridae) on the Surface of the Soil and Their Sensitivity to light (1945) (10)
Location of “Reeler” in linkage group III of the mouse (1952) (10)
A study of selection limits in the mouse (1953) (10)
THE LOCATION OF ‘TREMBLER’ IN LINKAGE GROUP VII Of the House Mouse (1953) (9)
Changes in Susceptibility to Urethane-Induced Lung Tumours Produced by Selective Breeding in Mice (1964) (9)
Test for sex-linked lethals in irradiated mice. (1962) (8)
[Dreher, a new gene of the waltzer-shaker group in the house mouse]. (1951) (7)
Growth control in chimaeras. (1978) (7)
Linkage in the mouse: The sex-linked genes and “rough” (2004) (6)
Problems on quantitative genetics (1981) (4)
Genetics of snowy-belly in the house-mouse. (1947) (3)
Inhibition of pregnancy-block in mice by handling. (1968) (3)
Inheritance of Susceptibility to Induced Pulmonary Tumours in Mice (1961) (3)
Selection for phenotypic intermediates inDrosophila (1957) (2)
A review of independent segregation in the house mouse (1952) (2)
Genetical effects of nitrogen mustard in the house mouse (1952) (1)
Genetic and Environmental Variation in the Growth of Mice (1971) (1)
Genetics of Coat Colour (1968) (1)
Independence of linkage groups i, ii and xi in the house mouse (2009) (0)
Genetic studies of lung tumours in mice. Abstr. (1964) (0)
Selection for size in mice on high and low planes of nutrition. (1952) (0)
INHERITANCE OF CALCIUM RENAL STONES (1968) (0)
Genetics of diabetes in mice. (1970) (0)
White Plumage of Sea-Birds (1944) (0)
At Last: The New Falconer@@@Introduction to Quantitative Genetics. (1982) (0)
Contents, Vol. 13, 1951 (1951) (0)
MULTIPLE GENES IN LIVESTOCK IMPROVEMENT (1951) (0)
REGISTER RERUM ad Vol. XIII (1951) (0)
Book Reviews (1986) (0)
Abstracts of Papers read at the hundred and thirteenth meeting of the Society, held on 7th November 1953, at the Galton Laboratory, University College, London, W.C.1 (1954) (0)
Books Received (1972) (0)

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