A note on the relationship between estimates of heritability and type-B genetic correlation

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2917-2921

  Lu, Pengxin ^a  

^a ONTARIO FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES; EXISTING METHODS; GENETIC CORRELATIONS; HERITABILITY ESTIMATES; LARGE SAMPLINGS;

CORRELATION METHODS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HERITABILITY; HOMOGENEITY;

EID: 55549084234     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-109     Document Type: Article

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