Behaviour of the additive finite locus model

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-211

  Pong Wong, Ricardo ^a   Haley, Chris S ^a   Woolliams, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite locus model; Gene effect distribution; Gibbs sampling; Infinitesimal model

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE LOCUS; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

EID: 0033025529     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/gse:19990301     Document Type: Article

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