A link function approach to heterogeneous variance components

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-43

  Foulley, Jean Louis ^a   Quaas, Richard L ^b   D'Arnoldi, Caroline Thaon ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

EM algorithm; Heteroskedasticity; Maximum likelihood; Mixed model

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VARIANCE;

EID: 0031982470     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/gse:19980102     Document Type: Article

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