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A multivariate model for ordinal trait analysis.
Heredity - 1 Dec 2006
Xu S, Xu C
Abstract excerpt
Many economically important characteristics of agricultural crops are measured as ordinal traits. Statistical analysis of the genetic basis of ordinal traits appears to be quite different from regular quantitative traits. The generalized linear model methodology implemented via the Newton-Raphson algorithm offers improved efficiency in the analysis of such data, but does not take full advantage of the extensive...
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