Environmental variation (VE) in a quantitative trait–variation in phenotype that cannot be
explained by genetic variation or identifiable genetic differences–can be regarded as being …

Genetically identical individuals can be phenotypically variable, even in constant
environmental conditions. The ubiquity of this phenomenon, known as 'intra-genotypic …

There is evidence across several species for genetic control of phenotypic variation of
complex traits,,,, such that the variance among phenotypes is genotype dependent …

Traditional methods for detecting genes that affect complex diseases in humans or animal
models, milk production in livestock, or other traits of interest, have asked whether variation …

There is empirical evidence that genotypes differ not only in mean, but also in environmental
variance of the traits they affect. Genetic heterogeneity of environmental variance may …

Phenotypic plasticity is the variation in phenotypic traits produced by a genotype in different
environments. In contrast, environmental canalization is defined as the insensitivity of a …

Genetic control of residual variance offers opportunities to increase uniformity and resilience
of livestock and aquaculture species. Improving uniformity and resilience of animals will …

Background In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the genetic
determination of environmental variance. In the case of litter size, environmental variance …

Robustness in farm animals was defined by Knap as 'the ability to combine a high
production potential with resilience to stressors, allowing for unproblematic expression of a …

A divergent selection experiment based on the homogeneity of birth weight in rabbit was
carried out at the INRA experimental farm of Auzeville. The two lines were created by …