Bayes factor for testing the genetic background of quantitative threshold traits

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 301-306

  Casellas, J ^a   Piedrafita, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bayes factor; Cholesky; Data augmentation; Heritability; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; GENETIC SCREENING; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TESTING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE;

EID: 33748542984     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: 14390388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2006.00606.x     Document Type: Article

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