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Use of structured antedependence models for the genetic analysis of growth curves.
Journal of animal science - 1 Dec 2004
Jaffrézic F, Venot E, Laloë D, Vinet A, Renand G
Abstract excerpt
Growth curve analysis is an important issue for many agricultural and laboratory species, for both phenotypic and genetic studies. The aim of this paper is to present the use of a novel statistical approach, namely the structured antedependence (SAD) models, to deal with this issue. The basic idea of these models is that an observation at time t can be explained by the previous observations. These models are...
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