Genetic analysis of growth curves using the SAEM algorithm

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 583-600

  Jaffrézic, Florence ^a   Meza, Cristian ^b   Lavielle, Marc ^b   Foulley, Jean Louis ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Genetic analysis; Growth curves; Longitudinal data; Stochastic approximation EM algorithm

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH; POULTRY; STOCHASTICITY;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CATTLE; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

BOS TAURUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 33846193715     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: 12979686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/gse:2006023     Document Type: Article

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