A maximum likelihood-based method for mining major genes affecting a quantitative character

Biometrics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 764-768

  Wu, Rongling ^a   Li, Bailian ^b   Wu, Samuel S ^a   Casella, George ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allele frequency; Hardy Weinberg disequilibrium; Major gene; Mating design; Maximum likelihood; Mixture genetic model

Indexed keywords

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ALLELE FREQUENCY; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; GENETIC MODELS; HARDY-WEINBERG DISEQUILIBRIUM; MA XIMUM LIKELIHOODS; MAJOR GENE; MATING DESIGN; MATINGS; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD; MIXTURE GENETIC MODEL;

GENES;

GENETIC ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC MODEL; MATING; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; POPULATION GENETICS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

POPULUS;

EID: 0034869890     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341X.2001.00764.x     Document Type: Article

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