Bayesian inference for categorical traits with an application to variance component estimation

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 694-704

  Luo, M F ^b   Boettcher, P J ^c   Schaeffer, L R ^c   Dekkers, J C M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b First USA Bank   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bayesian analysis; Categorical traitsUoguelph.Ca; Genetic parameter estimation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; INBREEDING; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; INBREEDING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SEASONS;

EID: 0035287063     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(01)74524-9     Document Type: Article

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