Generalized character process models: Estimating the genetic basis of traits that cannot be observed and that change with age or environmental conditions

Biometrics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 157-162

  Pletcher, S D ^a   Jaffrezic, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age specific mortality; Character process models; Genetic variation; Infinite dimensional traits; Quantitative genetics; Repeated measures

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; GENES; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

AGE-SPECIFIC MORTALITY; CHARACTER PROCESS MODEL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; INFINITE DIMENSIONAL; INFINITE DIMENSIONAL TRAIT; MORTALITY RATE; PROCESS-MODELS; QUANTITATIVE GENETIC; REPEATED MEASURES;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS;

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; MORTALITY;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; DROSOPHILA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; SIMULATION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0036191645     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0006-341x.2002.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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