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Variance Component Estimation for Dichotomous Characters and Its Use for Estimating Heritability
Author(s) -
Guiard V.,
Örfer G. Herrend,
Tuchscherer A.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
biometrical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.108
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-4036
pISSN - 0323-3847
DOI - 10.1002/bimj.4710270607
Subject(s) - heritability , variance components , statistics , variance (accounting) , estimation , mathematics , econometrics , component (thermodynamics) , biology , evolutionary biology , physics , accounting , management , economics , business , thermodynamics
By transforming dichotomous characters (for instance the presence or absence of a certain disease) to zero‐one characters it is possible to estimate the variance and variance components. This paper explains the peculiarities occurring in the linear model and estimation functions and the application of the method for heritability estimation.