The effects of lack of normality and homogeneity of variance on analysis of variance and clonal heritability in in vitro clonal propagation traits

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 783-794

  Miranda Fontaíña, Maria Eugenia ^a   Fernández López, Josefa ^a  

^a Centro de Investigacion e Informacion Ambiental Lourizan   (Spain)

Author keywords

ANOVA; Clonal heritability; Homogeneity of variance; Micropropagation traits; Normality; Transformations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77349097616     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-008-9188-0     Document Type: Article

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