A hierarchical statistical model for estimating population properties of quantitative genes

BMC Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Wu, Samuel S ^a   Ma, Chang Xing ^a,b   Wu, Rongling ^a   Casella, George ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC PARAMETERS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NONHUMAN; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT STEM; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

POPULUS;

EID: 2942513688     PISSN: 14712156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-3-10     Document Type: Article

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