Linear and generalized linear models for the detection of QTL effects on within-subject variability

Genetical Research

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 245-257

  Wittenburg, Dörte ^a   Guiard, Volker ^a   Liese, Friedrich ^b   Reinsch, Norbert ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; NULL HYPOTHESIS; PIGLET; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VARIANCE;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENOTYPE; LINEAR MODELS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SUS SCROFA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 42049085700     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: 14695073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672307008968     Document Type: Article

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