Functional mapping of reaction norms to multiple environmental signals through nonparametric covariance estimation

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Yap, John S ^a   Li, Yao ^b   Das, Kiranmoy ^c   Li, Jiahan ^c   Wu, Rongling ^c,d  

^a University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79251546452     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-11-23     Document Type: Article

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