Comparison of REML and Gibbs sampling estimates of multi-trait genetic parameters in Scots pine

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1441-1451

  Waldmann, Patrik ^a   Ericsson, Tore ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b THE FORESTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCH ANGLES; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DELTA METHOD; EXPECTED VALUES; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GIBBS SAMPLING; INDIVIDUAL MODELS; INTERVAL ESTIMATE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; PROGENY TESTS; RESTRICTED MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; SCOTS PINE; SIMULATED DATA; SIMULATION STUDIES; VARIANCE COMPONENTS; VARIANCE ESTIMATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORESTRY; STATISTICAL TESTS;

ESTIMATION;

ANIMALIA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; HYBRIDIZATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SCOTS PINE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 33746678634     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-006-0246-x     Document Type: Article

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