Effect of the data family structure, tank replication and the statistical model, on the estimation of genetic parameters for body weight at 28 days of age in the Pacific white shrimp (Penaeus (Litopenaeus) vannamei Boone, 1931)

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1715-1723

  Montaldo, Hugo H ^a   Castillo Juárez, Héctor ^b   Campos Montes, Gabriel ^b   Pérez Enciso, Miguel ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Genetic parameters; Maternal and environmental common effects; Mixed models; Simulation

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; CRUSTACEAN; DAM; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ESTIMATION METHOD; HERITABILITY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

LITOPENAEUS; LITOPENAEUS VANNAMEI; PENAEUS;

EID: 84885861164     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2012.03176.x     Document Type: Article

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