Genetic analysis of tolerance to infections using random regressions: A simulation study

Genetics Research

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 291-302

  Kause, Antti ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FAMILY SIZE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; INFECTION; SIMULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INFECTION; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 80054951702     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: 14695073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672311000176     Document Type: Article

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