Article
Bayesian analysis of quantitative traits using skewed distributions.
Genetics research - 1 Apr 2008
Varona L, Ibañez-Escriche N, Quintanilla R, Noguera J L, Casellas J
Abstract excerpt
Statistical models for genetic evaluation often make use of Gaussian distributions. However, some new statistical developments allow the use of an asymmetric distribution for the residuals. Within this context, we analysed three different patterns for the residual term on a data set consisting of 63 208 litter-size records, belonging to 19 255 sows, with a pedigree including 27 911 individuals. The three...
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