Article
The role of different pedigree structures on the sampling variance of heritability estimates.
Journal of animal science - 1 Sept 1997
Reverter A, Kaiser C J
Abstract excerpt
A computer-intensive process was performed to simulate 12,600 data sets each with n = 5,000 individuals from distinct pedigree structures to assess the effect of pedigree information on the sampling variance of heritability (h2) estimates. Pedigree structures were determined by varying the proportion of foundation animals (PF), percentage replacement rates for males (RM) and females (RF), and ratio of females to...
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