Estimating major gene effects with partial information using Gibbs sampling

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1090-1097

  Pong Wong, R ^a   Woolliams, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dominance; Estimation; Gibbs sampling; Major gene; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030462022     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00230130     Document Type: Article

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