Efficient Markov chain Monte Carlo implementation of Bayesian analysis of additive and dominance genetic variances in noninbred pedigrees

Genetics

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 1101-1112

  Waldmann, Patrik ^a   Hallander, Jon ^a   Hoti, Fabian ^b,c   Sillanpää, Mikko J ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INBREEDING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SCOTS PINE; SIMULATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; DOMINANT GENE; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BREEDING; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENES, DOMINANT; MARKOV CHAINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PEDIGREE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 49849086923     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.084160     Document Type: Article

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