A sequential threshold cure model for genetic analysis of time-to-event data

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 943-950

  Odegard J ^a,b   Madsen, P ^b   Labouriau, R ^b   Gjerde, B ^a,c   Meuwissen, T H E ^b  

^a NOFIMA   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cure model; Genetic parameter; Gibbs sampling; Sequential threshold model; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TIME;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; MODELS, GENETIC; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960975564     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2009-2701     Document Type: Article

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