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Ralph E. Comstock

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#2074

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Genetics

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World Rank

#692

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#221

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PhD Genetics Cornell University
Bachelors Biology Cornell University

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According to Wikipedia, Ralph Ernest Comstock was an American statistician and geneticist known for his work in quantitative genetics. Early life and education Comstock was born on July 19, 1912, in Spring Valley, Minnesota. He received his bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Minnesota in 1934, 1936, and 1938, respectively.

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Ralph E. Comstock's Published Works

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Estimates of Genetic and Environmental Variability in Soybeans1 (1955) (2339)
Biometrical Studies of Yield in Segregating Populations of Korean Lespedeza1 (1956) (833)
Genotypic and Phenotypic Correlations in Corn and Their Implications in Selection (1951) (704)
Estimation of average dominance of genes. (1952) (608)
Estimates of Genotypic and Environmental Variances and Covariances in Upland Cotton and Their Implications in Selection1 (1958) (523)
Estimates of Heritability and the Degree of Dominance in Corn1 (1949) (477)
A Breeding Procedure Designed To Make Maximum Use of Both General and Specific Combining Ability (1949) (435)
The components of genetic variance in populations of biparental progenies and their use in estimating the average degree of dominance. (1948) (429)
Prenatal development of the bovine (1942) (173)
Genetic Variances in Open Pollinated Varieties of Corn. (1955) (117)
Optimal Environments for Yield Testing 1 (1978) (102)
Dominance of Genes Controlling Quantitative Characters in Maize 1 (1953) (56)
Genetic Variation in an Asexual Species, the Garden Strawberry. (1958) (56)
Stabilizing Selection for Pupa Weight in TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM. (1977) (51)
MASS SELECTION FOR POST-WEANING GROWTH IN MICE. (1963) (44)
Selection for Pupa Weight in TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM. I. Parameters in Base Populations. (1966) (41)
Linkage and the Synthesis of Better Genotypes in Self-fertilizing Species 1 (1976) (40)
Quantitative Genetics with Special Reference to Plant and Animal Breeding (1996) (38)
ANALYSIS OF GENETIC VARIABILITY IN CORN WITH REFERENCE TO PROBABLE EFFECTS OF SELECTION (1955) (37)
An analysis of quantitative variability in Nicotiana tabacum (1954) (26)
Relation Between Heterozygosis and Performance in Maize 1 (1954) (26)
Heritability of Litter Size in Swine (1961) (26)
Genetic correlation between growth rate and litter size in mice. (1962) (24)
A study of the mammalian sperm cell. I. Variations in the glycolytic power of spermatozoa and their relation to motility and its duration (1939) (23)
Simulation of the Backcross Breeding Method. I. Effects of Heritability and Gene Number on Fixation of Desired Alleles (1976) (23)
Theory of quantitative genetics: synthesis. (1955) (20)
Dominance Versus Over-Dominance in Heterosis: Evidence from Crosses between Open-Pollinated Varieties of Maize (1956) (19)
Hereditary and environmental factors affecting growth rate in swine. (1944) (19)
More on Modified Ear‐to‐Row Selection in Corn 1 (1976) (18)
Studies of semen and semen production (1943) (18)
Selection for Small Size in Swine (1965) (17)
Inter-Population Hybrids in Open-Pollinated Varieties of Maize (1957) (15)
Crossbreeding for Egg Production (1952) (15)
Inbred Lines vs. the Populations as Testers in Reciprocal Recurrent Selection 1 (1979) (15)
The Effect of Sex on the Development of the PigIII. Differences in Growth Rate between Gilts and Barrows by Lines of Breeding (1942) (14)
Genetic Correlations between Some Economically Important Traits in Swine1 (1963) (14)
Generalized Genetic Variance and Covariance Formulae for Self-Fertilized Crops Assuming Linkage. (1957) (13)
Comparison of Performance of Crossbred Pigs Sired by Purebred and Crossbred Boars (1964) (13)
A Comparison of the Effects of Inbreeding and Selection on Performance in Swine1 (1944) (13)
Selection for Pupa Weight in TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM. II. Linkage and Level of Dominance. (1969) (12)
The Effect of Sex on the Development of the Pig (1944) (12)
Microscopic bodies in the cytoplasm of killers of Paramecium aurelia and evidence for the identification of these bodies with the cytoplasmic factor, kappa. (1948) (12)
Genetic correlation between growth rate and feed per unit gain in mice. (1965) (12)
Joint Interpretation of Heterosis and Genetic Variances in Two Open Pollinated Varieties of Corn and Their Cross. (1958) (11)
Combining superior alleles from two homozygous populations in a cross-fertilizing species. (1980) (10)
Rancidity of Bacon (1945) (10)
Genotypic Variances and Covariances of Six Quantitative Characters in Oats 1 (1954) (10)
Fluorometric determination of riboflavin in eggs. (1945) (9)
Strain Comparisons of Gland Weights of Twelve-Week-Old Broilers, (1953) (9)
Findings relative to reciprocal recurrent selection. (1957) (9)
Problems and Evidence in Swine Breeding (1960) (9)
Methods for Semen Evaluation I. Density, Respiration, Glycolysis of Semen (1939) (9)
Prediction Equations for Rotational Crossbreeding (1956) (8)
PRECISION OF ESTIMATES OF VARIANCE COMPONENTS (1958) (8)
Gene number estimation when multiplicative genetic effects are assumed — growth in flour beetles and mice (1981) (8)
Role of linkage in gene frequency change of coat color alleles in mice. (1968) (7)
Combining Abilities in Crosses Among Six Inbred Lines of Swine (1961) (7)
Methods for Semen Evaluation (1939) (6)
The Development of an Inbred Line of Swine (Minn. No. 1) from a Crossbred Foundation (1943) (6)
The reaction of three kinds of single-cross pigs to three levels of feed intake. I. Feed lot performance. (1960) (6)
Experiments with Inbreeding Swine and Sheep (1943) (5)
Overestimation of Mean Squares by the Method of Expected Numbers (1943) (4)
Recent advances in tuberculosis. (1949) (4)
An application of the balanced lattice design in a feeding trial with swine. (1948) (3)
A Study of Characteristics of Normal and Abnormal Semen of the Sheep (1937) (3)
The Minnesota Studies of Crossbreeding Swine (1937) (2)
Variability in Letoria and Fulwin Oats 1 (1955) (2)
The place of genetic variability studies in cotton improvement (1952) (2)
The expectations of mean squares (1953) (2)
Relation of complementary milk to production. (1960) (2)
Lactation Studies. VII. Heritability of Percentage of Complementary Milk (1967) (2)
Statistical concepts in genetics (1949) (1)
Methods for Semen Evaluation II. Sperm Cytology in Relation to Viability (1939) (1)
The relationship between certain blood components and rate of growth in swine. (1944) (1)
Egg Production and Hatchability in the First and Second Years in Turkeys (1950) (1)
Outline of material covered in course of lectures on experimental statistics presented in Fall, 1948 to AEC Group at Duke University (1948) (0)
Mathematical analysis of genetic problems in plant and animal breeding (1953) (0)
Lactation Studies. VIII. Relation of Percentage of Complementary Milk, among Other Factors, to Milk Production (1967) (0)
Genotype — hatch interactions as a source of bias in estimating genetic components of variance for eight-week weight in poultry (2004) (0)
The characterization of genotypic variances in corn. (1948) (0)
species of Drosophila, D. pseudoobscura, D. willistoni, and D. paulistorum. (1957) (0)
SELECTION FOR PUPA WEIGHT IN TRZBOLZUM CASTANEUM . 11 . LINKAGE AND LEVEL OF DOMINANCE 1 (2003) (0)
STABILIZING SELECTION FOR PUPA WEIGHT IN (2003) (0)
Consistency of estimates of variance components. (1951) (0)
The contribution of non-allelic gene interactions to variance in populations of selfed lines. (1950) (0)
Genetic Correlation between Growth Rate and Litter Size in Mice. (1966) (0)
New portable equipment for measuring respiration of sperm cells. (1940) (0)
STABILIZING SELECTION FOR PUPA WEIGHT IN TRIBOLIUM CrlSTANEUiW (2003) (0)
Cystine and Vitamins of the B-Complex as Supplements to Raw Soybeans in Pig Rations (1948) (0)
A comparison of inbred lines of swine based on their performance in topcrosses (1948) (0)
Quantitative Genetics Project report 1947-1957 (1957) (0)

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