Backsolving in combined-merit models for marker-assisted best linear unbiased prediction of total additive genetic merit

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 611-616

  Saito, S ^a   Iwaisaki, H ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Additive effect of marked QTL alleles; Backsolving; Best linear unbiased prediction; Combined merit model; Marker assisted selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; GENE LOCUS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL GENETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; THEORY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031407826     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/gse:19970506     Document Type: Article

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