Estimation of genetic parameters for growth traits in cultured clam Meretrix meretrix (Bivalvia: Veneridae) using the Bayesian method based on Gibbs sampling

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 240-247

  Wang, Hongxia ^a   Chai, Xueliang ^b   Liu, Baozhong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b Zhejiang Mariculture Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Genetic parameter; Heritability; Meretrix meretrix

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIVALVE; CLAM CULTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERITABILITY; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION; SHELL; WEIGHT;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; MERETRIX MERETRIX; VENERIDAE;

EID: 78651251703     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2010.02617.x     Document Type: Article

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