Bayesian estimation of dominance merits in noninbred populations by using Gibbs sampling with two reduced sets of mixed model equations

Journal of Applied Genetics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 331-339

  Chalh, Abdellah ^a   El Gazzah, Mohamed ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Additive plus dominance animal model; Bayesian estimation; Data simulation; Gibbs sampling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4644247849     PISSN: 12341983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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