Full sib pens of pigs are not suitable to identify variance component of associative effect: a simulation study using Gibbs Sampling

BACKGROUND: Accounting for and quantifying the associative effect of each animal could improve both welfare of animals and response to selection. Because of the limitation of REML, Gibbs Sampling could be an alternative technique to estimate the variance component of the associative effect. The obje...

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Autores principales: Cheng, Jiqiu, Janssens, Steven, Buys, Nadine
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2678166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19250536
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-10-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2678166/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19250536
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-10-9

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