Animal models with group-specific additive genetic variances: extending genetic group models

Abstract Background The animal model is a key tool in quantitative genetics and has been used extensively to estimate fundamental parameters, such as additive genetic variance or heritability. An implicit assumption of animal models is that all founder individuals derive from a single population. Th...

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Main Authors: Stefanie Muff, Alina K. Niskanen, Dilan Saatoglu, Lukas F. Keller, Henrik Jensen
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:Genetics Selection Evolution
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12711-019-0449-7