Bayes factor for testing between different structures of random genetic groups: A case study using weaning weight in Bruna dels Pirineus beef cattle

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-53

  Casellas, Joaquim ^a   Piedrafita, Jesús ^a   Varona, Luis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bayes factor; Beef cattle; Bruna dels Pirineus; Genetic groups; Weaning weight

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CATTLE; GENETIC STRUCTURE; PARAMETERIZATION; WEANING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; WEANING;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; CATTLE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33846219158     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: 12979686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/gse:2006030     Document Type: Article

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