Approximate confidence intervals for heritability from method R estimates.

doi:10.2527/1997.7582041x

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Approximate confidence intervals for heritability from method R estimates.

Journal of animal science - 1 Aug 1997

Mallinckrodt C H, Golden B L, Reverter A

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Method R estimates of heritability (h2) and associated confidence intervals (CI) were obtained from simulated data using a single trait, direct effects, full animal model, with 50% subsampling. Five hundred data sets were simulated for each of five levels of h2 (.10, .20, .30, .40, and .50) and t...

Topics

Analysis of Variance
Animals
Animals, Domestic
Confidence Intervals
Female
Genetics
Male
Models, Genetic
Phenotype
Time Factors

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