The misuse of BLUP in ecology and evolution

American Naturalist

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 116-125

  Hadfield, Jarrod D ^a   Wilson, Alastair J ^a   Garant, Dany ^b   Sheldon, Ben C ^c   Kruuk, Loeske E B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BLUP; Breeding value; Evolution; Quantitative genetics; Selection

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BODY CONDITION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NATURAL SELECTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PASSERINE; PHENOTYPE; REACTION NORM; SHEEP; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

OVIS ARIES; PARUS MAJOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BREEDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; EVALUATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BREEDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 72449206622     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648604     Document Type: Article

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