Methods of segregation analysis for animal breeding data: a comparison of power.

doi:10.1038/hdy.1992.44

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Methods of segregation analysis for animal breeding data: a comparison of power.

Heredity - 1 Apr 1992

Knott S A, Haley C S, Thompson R

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Maximum likelihood segregation analysis provides potentially the most powerful method for the detection of segregating major genes. Segregation analysis requires the comparison of the likelihood of the data under the combined model (allowing both polygenic and major gene genetic variation) with t...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Breeding
Genes, Dominant
Genetic Variation
Genotype
Likelihood Functions
Linear Models
Male
Meiosis
Models, Genetic

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