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Use of the EM algorithm to detect QTL affecting multiple-traits in an across half-sib family analysis.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 1 Jan 2000
Kerr R J, McLachlan G M, Henshall J M
Abstract excerpt
QTL detection experiments in livestock species commonly use the half-sib design. Each male is mated to a number of females, each female producing a limited number of progeny. Analysis consists of attempting to detect associations between phenotype and genotype measured on the progeny. When family sizes are limiting experimenters may wish to incorporate as much information as possible into a single analysis....
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