William Beavis

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William Beavis

Biology

#15503

World Rank

#19498

Historical Rank

#3049

USA Rank

Genetics

#1822

World Rank

#1937

Historical Rank

#353

USA Rank

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William Beavis's Degrees

• Bachelors Biology University of California, Berkeley
• Masters Genetics Stanford University

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Why Is William Beavis Influential?

According to Wikipedia, William D. Beavis is professor and GF Sprague Chair for Population Genetics in the Department of Agronomy at Iowa State University. His research focuses on statistical genetics and ways to optimize plant breeding. He is known for discovering what has since become known as the Beavis effect: namely, that the estimates of phenotypic variance associated with one of multiple quantitative trait loci, each of which has a small effect on the trait being studied, are typically significantly inflated if the sample size of organisms in the study is too low , but that these estimates are fairly accurate if the number of individuals is much greater .

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What Schools Are Affiliated With William Beavis?

William Beavis is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of California, Berkeley
• Iowa State University
• Stanford University
• New Mexico State University