The full EM algorithm for the MLEs of QTL effects and positions and their estimated variances in multiple-interval mapping

Biometrics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 474-480

  Chen, Zehua ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Backcross; EM algorithm; Intercross; Maximum likelihood estimate; Multiple interval mapping; Observed Fisher information; QTL mapping

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; FISHER INFORMATION MATRIX; MAPPING; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

BACKCROSS; EM ALGORITHMS; FISHER INFORMATION; INTERCROSS; INTERVAL MAPPING; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATE; MULTIPLE-INTERVAL MAPPING; OBSERVED FISHER INFORMATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI MAPPINGS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION;

DNA MARKER;

GENETICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BACKCROSSING; CALCULATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; INBRED STRAIN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; SIMULATION; VARIANCE;

EID: 20744455651     PISSN: 0006341X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0420.2005.00327.x     Document Type: Article

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