The effect of pedigree error by misidentification of individual trees on genetic evaluation of a full-sib experiment

Silvae Genetica

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 239-242

  Ericsson, Tore ^a  

^a THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Additive variance; BLUP; Breeding value; Dominance variance; Genetic parameter; Heritability; Mixed model equations; Pedigree error; Pinus sylvestris; REML

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOMINANCE; ERROR; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIANCE; HERITABILITY; IDENTIFICATION; SIMULATION; TREE;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0033509047     PISSN: 00375349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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