R package wgaim: QTL analysis in bi-parental populations using linear mixed models

Journal of Statistical Software

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1-18

  Taylor, Julian ^a   Verbyla, Arunas ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Interval mapping; Mixed models; Quantitative trait loci; R

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961221027     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15487660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18637/jss.v040.i07     Document Type: Article

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