Bias and precision of estimates of genotype-by-environment interaction: A simulation study

Aquaculture

Volumn 310, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 66-73

  Sae Lim, Panya ^a   Komen, Hans ^a   Kause, Antti ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breeding programme; Genetic correlation; Genotype by environment interaction; Optimal design; Population structure; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78649711218     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.10.020     Document Type: Article

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