Abstract
The nature of epistatic interactions affects covariance between relatives and the expression of heterosis in various crossbred genotypes. The investigation of these interactions for metric traits requires large data sets of a suitable type. Data from Sewall Wright's early work with guinea pigs are used to compare the goodness-of-fit of seven biological models of 2-locus interaction for the six out of eleven traits in which epistatic effects are apparent. The model equivalent to additive x additive epistasis gives the best general fit over traits, with an average transformed R(2) value significantly greater than that of the next best fitting model (P<0.05). This result is compatible with results from the one other study in this area, using data from mice. It is concluded that, based on results available to date, the additive x additive 2-locus model of epistatic interaction appears most suitable for reduced genetic models.
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