Estimation of Variance Components in Finite Polygenic Models and Complex Pedigrees

Various models of the genetic architecture of quantitative traits have been considered to provide the basis for increased genetic progress. The finite polygenic model (FPM), which contains a finite number of unlinked polygenic loci, is proposed as an improvement to the infinitesimal model (IM) for...

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Main Author: Lahti, Katharine Gage
Other Authors: Dairy Science
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/46496
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-51798-163045/