Selection Index & Intro to Mixed Model Methods

by L. Dale Van Vleck

The principles covered in Selection Index and Introduction to Mixed Model Methods are developed using easy-to-follow rules for expected values and definitions of variances and covariances. The principles are reenforced with practice problems and exams. Indexes in retrospect as well as restricted indexes are developed. Selection for embedded traits such as maternal, grandmaternal, or paternal effects and for categorically measured traits are discussed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0849387620
• ISBN13: 9780849387623
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 512 Pages