Practice mode Plant Breeding and Genetics

Who first proposed the concept of combining ability as a measure of gene action?

Correct answer C. Sprague and Tatum (1942)

Explanation

Sprague and Tatum (1942) distinguished general combining ability, reflecting additive gene action, from specific combining ability, reflecting non-additive effects, in maize.

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