Estimating genetic parameters in natural populations using the ‘animal model’ Export

@article{citeulike:2610958, abstract = {10.1098/rstb.2003.1437 Estimating the genetic basis of quantitative traits can be tricky for wild populations in natural environments, as environmental variation frequently obscures the underlying evolutionary patterns. I review the recent application of restricted maximum–likelihood 'animal models' to multigenerational data from natural populations, and show how the estimation of variance components and prediction of breeding values using these methods offer a powerful means of tackling the potentially confounding effects of environmental variation, as well as generating a wealth of new areas of investigation.}, author = {Kruuk, Loeske E. B.}, citeulike-article-id = {2610958}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2003.1437}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/359/1446/873.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/359/1446/873.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15306404}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15306404}, day = {29}, doi = {10.1098/rstb.2003.1437}, journal = {Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences}, keywords = {animal, model}, month = {June}, number = {1446}, pages = {873--890}, posted-at = {2009-07-15 19:52:18}, priority = {0}, title = {Estimating genetic parameters in natural populations using the 'animal model'}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2003.1437}, volume = {359}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2610958 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2610958 N2 - 10.1098/rstb.2003.1437 Estimating the genetic basis of quantitative traits can be tricky for wild populations in natural environments, as environmental variation frequently obscures the underlying evolutionary patterns. I review the recent application of restricted maximum–likelihood ‘animal models’ to multigenerational data from natural populations, and show how the estimation of variance components and prediction of breeding values using these methods offer a powerful means of tackling the potentially confounding effects of environmental variation, as well as generating a wealth of new areas of investigation. IS - 1446 JF - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences EP - 890 TI - Estimating genetic parameters in natural populations using the ‘animal model’ VL - 359 SP - 873 KW - animal KW - model AU - Kruuk, Loeske PY - 2004/06/29/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2003.1437 ER -