Whole-genome regression and prediction methods applied to plant and animal breeding

Genetics

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 327-345

  de los Campos, Gustavo ^a   Hickey, John M ^b   Pong Wong, Ricardo ^c   Daetwyler, Hans D ^d   Calus, Mario P L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; GENOMICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT BREEDING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BREEDING; GENOME; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84876390765     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.112.143313     Document Type: Review

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