On a method of estimating the genetic correlation between characters measured in different experimental units |
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| Authors: | R L Fernando S A Knights D Gianola |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Animal Science, 126 Animal Sciences Laboratory, University of Illinois, 1207 West Gregory Drive, 61801 Urbana, IL, USA |
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| Abstract: | Summary Yamada's method of estimating genetic co-variances between traits measured in different experimental units is discussed. It is shown that if the data are unbalanced, this method gives biased estimates of genetic covariances unless the traits have identical genetic and residual variances. An alternative unbiased procedure is suggested. |
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| Keywords: | Genetic covariance Genetic correlation Genetic parameters |
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