Mapping quantitative trait loci for binary traits using a heterogeneous residual variance model: An application to Marek's disease susceptibility in chickens

Genetica

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 171-178

  Xu, Shizhong ^a   Yonash, Nissim ^b   Vallejo, Roger L ^c   Cheng, Hans H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Chicken; Fisher scoring; Marek's disease; Maximum likelihood; QTL; Threshold trait

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME MAP; CROSS BREEDING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ALGORITHMS; ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; MAREK DISEASE; MODELS, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0032414589     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003522902078     Document Type: Article

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