A comparison of alternative methods to compute conditional genotype probabilities for genetic evaluation with finite locus models

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 585-604

  Totir, Liviu R ^a   Fernando, Rohan L ^a   Dekkers, Jack C M ^a   Fernández, Soledad A ^b   Guldbrandtsen, Bernt ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Finite locus models; Genotype probabilities; Markov chain Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

GENOTYPE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENOTYPE; PROBABILITY;

GENOTYPE; MODELS, GENETIC; PROBABILITY;

EID: 0344961763     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/gse:2003041     Document Type: Article

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