Restricted maximum likelihood estimation of genetic principal components and smoothed covariance matrices

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-30

  Meyer, Karin ^a   Kirkpatrick, Mark ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Covariances; Principal components; Reduced rank; Restricted maximum likelihood

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENT; HISTOLOGY; MEAT; METHODOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MEAT; MODELS, GENETIC; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 11244285294     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/gse:2004034     Document Type: Article

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