Easy and flexible Bayesian inference of quantitative genetic parameters

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1640-1643

  Waldmann, Patrik ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Additive genetic variance; Gibbs sampling; Heritability; MCMC

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONIFEROUS TREE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; HERITABILITY; SOFTWARE;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PEDIGREE;

BAYES THEOREM; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOFTWARE;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 66249138821     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00645.x     Document Type: Article

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