A statistical framework for genetic association studies of power curves in bird flight

Biological Procedures Online

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 164-174

  Lin, Min ^a   Zhao, Wei ^a   Wu, Rongling ^a  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bird; Linkage disequilibrium; Power curve; QTL

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FLYING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MODEL; GENOTYPE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETIC PARAMETERS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; STARLING; THEORY; VELOCITY;

AVES; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 33750623230     PISSN: 14809222     EISSN: 14809222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1251/bpo125     Document Type: Article

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