On the need for a control line in selection experiments: A likelihood analysis

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-20

  Sorensen, Daniel ^a   Guldbrandtsen, Bernt ^a   Jensen, Just ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Design of selection experiments; Heritability; Maximum likelihood estimation; Selection

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM; HERITABILITY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; SELECTION;

EID: 0037698765     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/gse:2002033     Document Type: Article

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