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A unifying theory for genetic epidemiological analysis of binary disease data.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 19 Feb 2014
Lipschutz-Powell Debby, Woolliams John A, Doeschl-Wilson Andrea B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genetic selection for host resistance offers a desirable complement to chemical treatment to control infectious disease in livestock. Quantitative genetics disease data frequently originate from field studies and are often binary. However, current methods to analyse binary disease data fail to take infection dynamics into account. Moreover, genetic analyses tend to focus on host susceptibility,...
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