Strategy for the simulation and analysis of longitudinal phenotypic and genomic data in the context of a temperature × humidity-dependent covariate

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2444-2454

  Yin, T ^a   Pimentel, E C G ^a   Konig v Borstel U ^b   Konig S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genomic selection; Genotype by environment interaction; Random regression

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVINE; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMIDITY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; DATABASES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HUMIDITY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SELECTION, GENETIC; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84896401525     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2013-7143     Document Type: Article

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