The estimation of genetic relationships using molecular markers and their efficiency in estimating heritability in natural populations

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 360, Issue 1459, 2005, Pages 1457-1467

  Thomas, Stuart C ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allele frequency; Likelihood; Markov Chain Monte Carlo; Pedigree reconstruction; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

GENETIC MARKER; RELATEDNESS;

EID: 31344466234     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2005.1675     Document Type: Review

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