Sampling genotype configurations in a large complex pedigree

Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 330-338

  Szydlowski, M ^a,b   Gengler, N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Genotype sampler; Markov chain Monte Carlo method; Metropolis Hastings algorithm

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PEDIGREE; PROBABILITY; RECESSIVE GENE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENOTYPE; MODELS, GENETIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PEDIGREE; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 52049116115     PISSN: 09312668     EISSN: 14390388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2008.00733.x     Document Type: Article

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