Estimation of quantitative genetic parameters

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1635, 2008, Pages 679-686

  Thompson, Robin ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic parameters; Heritability; Residual maximum likelihood; Selection; Variance components

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HERITABILITY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; SELECTION; SELECTIVE BREEDING;

ARTIFICIAL SELECTION; BREEDING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENETIC SELECTION; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL POPULATION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; REVIEW; VARIANCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 38849196800     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1417     Document Type: Review

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