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Book Variance Component Estimation in Quantitative Genetics

Download or read book Variance Component Estimation in Quantitative Genetics written by Christine Howitt and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Variance Components

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  • Author : Poduri S.R.S. Rao
  • Publisher : CRC Press
  • Release : 1997-06-01
  • ISBN : 9780412728600
  • Pages : 232 pages

Download or read book Variance Components written by Poduri S.R.S. Rao and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1997-06-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Variance Components Estimation deals with the evaluation of the variation between observable data or classes of data. This is an up-to-date, comprehensive work that is both theoretical and applied. Topics include ML and REML methods of estimation; Steepest-Acent, Newton-Raphson, scoring, and EM algorithms; MINQUE and MIVQUE, confidence intervals for variance components and their ratios; Bayesian approaches and hierarchical models; mixed models for longitudinal data; repeated measures and multivariate observations; as well as non-linear and generalized linear models with random effects.

Book Quantitative Genetics in the Wild

Download or read book Quantitative Genetics in the Wild written by Anne Charmantier and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the field of quantitative genetics - the study of the genetic basis of variation in quantitative characteristics such as body size, or reproductive success - is almost 100 years old, its application to the study of evolutionary processes in wild populations has expanded greatly over the last few decades. During this time, the use of 'wild quantitative genetics' has provided insights into a range of important questions in evolutionary ecology, ranging from studies conducting research in well-established fields such as life-history theory, behavioural ecology and sexual selection, to others addressing relatively new issues such as populations' responses to climate change or the process of senescence in natural environments. Across these fields, there is increasing appreciation of the need to quantify the genetic - rather than just the phenotypic - basis and diversity of key traits, the genetic basis of the associations between traits, and the interaction between these genetic effects and the environment. This research activity has been fuelled by methodological advances in both molecular genetics and statistics, as well as by exciting results emerging from laboratory studies of evolutionary quantitative genetics, and the increasing availability of suitable long-term datasets collected in natural populations, especially in animals. Quantitative Genetics in the Wild is the first book to synthesize the current level of knowledge in this exciting and rapidly-expanding area. This comprehensive volume also offers exciting perspectives for future studies in emerging areas, including the application of quantitative genetics to plants or arthropods, unraveling the molecular basis of variation in quantitative traits, or estimating non-additive genetic variance. Since this book deals with many fundamental questions in evolutionary ecology, it should be of interest to graduate, post-graduate students, and academics from a wide array of fields such as animal behaviour, ecology, evolution, and genetics.

Book Variance Components

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  • Author : Shayle R. Searle
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2009-09-25
  • ISBN : 0470317698
  • Pages : 537 pages

Download or read book Variance Components written by Shayle R. Searle and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-09-25 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WILEY-INTERSCIENCE PAPERBACK SERIES The Wiley-Interscience Paperback Series consists of selected books that have been made more accessible to consumers in an effort to increase global appeal and general circulation. With these new unabridged softcover volumes, Wiley hopes to extend the lives of these works by making them available to future generations of statisticians, mathematicians, and scientists. ". . .Variance Components is an excellent book. It is organized and well written, and provides many references to a variety of topics. I recommend it to anyone with interest in linear models." —Journal of the American Statistical Association "This book provides a broad coverage of methods for estimating variance components which appeal to students and research workers . . . The authors make an outstanding contribution to teaching and research in the field of variance component estimation." —Mathematical Reviews "The authors have done an excellent job in collecting materials on a broad range of topics. Readers will indeed gain from using this book . . . I must say that the authors have done a commendable job in their scholarly presentation." —Technometrics This book focuses on summarizing the variability of statistical data known as the analysis of variance table. Penned in a readable style, it provides an up-to-date treatment of research in the area. The book begins with the history of analysis of variance and continues with discussions of balanced data, analysis of variance for unbalanced data, predictions of random variables, hierarchical models and Bayesian estimation, binary and discrete data, and the dispersion mean model.

Book Estimation of Variance Components and Applications

Download or read book Estimation of Variance Components and Applications written by Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao and published by North Holland. This book was released on 1988 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Matrix algebra; Asymptotic distribution of quadratic statistics; Variance and covariance components models; Identifiability and estimability; minimum norm quadratic estimation; Pulling of information for estimation; Uniform optimality of minqe's; Computation of minqe's for variance-convariance components models; Integrated minqe and mile; Asymptotic properties estimators; Minimum variance quadratic estimation; Aplications to selection problems.

Book Introduction to Quantitative Genetics in Forestry

Download or read book Introduction to Quantitative Genetics in Forestry written by Gene Namkoong and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Estimating Genetic Variance Components with Uncertainty in Full sibling Relationships  microform

Download or read book Estimating Genetic Variance Components with Uncertainty in Full sibling Relationships microform written by Lai Chin Wong and published by National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada. This book was released on 1999 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Reliable Confidence Intervals in Quantitative Genetics  Narrow sense Heritability

Download or read book Reliable Confidence Intervals in Quantitative Genetics Narrow sense Heritability written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many quantitative genetic statistics are functions of variance components, for which a large number of replicates is needed for precise estimates and reliable measures of uncertainty, on which sound interpretation depends. Moreover, in large experiments the deaths of some individuals can occur, so methods for analysing such data need to be robust to missing values. We show how confidence intervals for narrow-sense heritability can be calculated in a nested full-sib/half-sib breeding design (males crossed with several females) in the presence of missing values. Simulations indicate that the method provides accurate results, and that estimator uncertainty is lowest for sampling designs with many males relative to the number of females per male, and with more females per male than progenies per female. Missing data generally had little influence on estimator accuracy, thus suggesting that the overall number of observations should be increased even if this results in unbalanced data. We also suggest the use of parametrically simulated data for prior investigation of the accuracy of planned experiments. Together with the proposed confidence intervals an informed decision on the optimal sampling design is possible, which allows efficient allocation of resources.

Book Variance Components Estimation

Download or read book Variance Components Estimation written by Poduri S. R. S. Rao and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Analysis of Variance for Random Models  Volume 2  Unbalanced Data

Download or read book Analysis of Variance for Random Models Volume 2 Unbalanced Data written by Hardeo Sahai and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-07-03 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Systematic treatment of the commonly employed crossed and nested classification models used in analysis of variance designs with a detailed and thorough discussion of certain random effects models not commonly found in texts at the introductory or intermediate level. It also includes numerical examples to analyze data from a wide variety of disciplines as well as any worked examples containing computer outputs from standard software packages such as SAS, SPSS, and BMDP for each numerical example.

Book Variance Components Estimation

Download or read book Variance Components Estimation written by Poduri S. R. S. Rao and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Quantitative genetic variation

Download or read book Quantitative genetic variation written by James N. Jr. Thompson and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quantitative Genetic Variation describes some of the experimental approaches to quantitative genetic variation, along with their potential applications and limitations. It considers one of the most widely applicable tools, i.e., biometrical analysis, as well as individual polygenic effects, specific components of a quantitative genetic trait, and artificial selection, and it shows how selection experiments can address specific developmental and genetic questions. Organized into four sections encompassing 17 chapters, this volume begins with a historical overview of the study of quantitative genetic variation, along with genetic variation in fungi and Drosophila. It then discusses the biometrical approach to quantitative variation, selection theory and analysis, uses and limitations of polygene mapping, and computer simulation of the breeding program for polygene location. The reader is also introduced to genes affecting quantitative aspects of physiology in rodents, as well as cytological markers and quantitative variation in wheat. This book will be extremely useful to students, researchers, and geneticists.

Book Analysis of Variance for Random Models

Download or read book Analysis of Variance for Random Models written by Hardeo Sahai and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2004-05-27 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analysis of variance (ANOVA) models have become widely used tools and play a fundamental role in much of the application of statistics today. In particular, ANOVA models involving random effects have found widespread application to experimental design in a variety of fields requiring measurements of variance, including agriculture, biology, animal breeding, applied genetics, econometrics, quality control, medicine, engineering, and social sciences. This two-volume work is a comprehensive presentation of different methods and techniques for point estimation, interval estimation, and tests of hypotheses for linear models involving random effects. Both Bayesian and repeated sampling procedures are considered. Volume I examines models with balanced data (orthogonal models); Volume II studies models with unbalanced data (nonorthogonal models). Features and Topics: * Systematic treatment of the commonly employed crossed and nested classification models used in analysis of variance designs * Detailed and thorough discussion of certain random effects models not commonly found in texts at the introductory or intermediate level * Numerical examples to analyze data from a wide variety of disciplines * Many worked examples containing computer outputs from standard software packages such as SAS, SPSS, and BMDP for each numerical example * Extensive exercise sets at the end of each chapter * Numerous appendices with background reference concepts, terms, and results * Balanced coverage of theory, methods, and practical applications * Complete citations of important and related works at the end of each chapter, as well as an extensive general bibliography Accessible to readers with only a modest mathematical and statistical background, the work will appeal to a broad audience of students, researchers, and practitioners in the mathematical, life, social, and engineering sciences. It may be used as a textbook in upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses, or as a reference for readers interested in the use of random effects models for data analysis.