Development of a structural growth curve model that considers the causal effect of initial phenotypes

Abstract Background Growth curves have been widely used in genetic analyses to gain insights into the growth characteristics of both animals and plants. However, several questions remain unanswered, including how the initial phenotypes affect growth and what is the duration of any such impact. For b...

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Main Authors: Akio Onogi, Atsushi Ogino, Ayako Sato, Kazuhito Kurogi, Takanori Yasumori, Kenji Togashi
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:Genetics Selection Evolution
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12711-019-0461-y