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Selection for environmental variation: a statistical analysis and power calculations to detect response.
Genetics - 1 Dec 2008
Ibáñez-Escriche Noelia, Sorensen Daniel, Waagepetersen Rasmus, Blasco Agustín
Abstract excerpt
Data from uterine capacity in rabbits (litter size) were analyzed to determine whether the environmental variance was partly genetically determined. The fit of a classical homogeneous variance mixed linear (HOM) model and that of a genetically structured heterogeneous variance mixed linear (HET) model were compared. Various methods to assess the quality of fit favor the HET model. The posterior mean (95%...
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