Our focus here is on the infinitesimal model. In this model, one or several quantitative traits
are described as the sum of a genetic and a non-genetic component, the first being …

We present methods for estimating the parameters of inheritance and selection that appear
in a quantitative genetic model for the evolution growth trajectories and other" infinite …

A method is proposed to infer genetic parameters within a cohort, using data from all
individuals in an experiment. An application is the study of changes in additive genetic …

Arguing from a Bayesian viewpoint, Gianola and Foulley (1990) derived a new method for
estimation of variance components in a mixed linear model: variance estimation from …

Selection on polygenic characters is generally analyzed by statistical methods that assume
a Gaussian (normal) distribution of breeding values. We present an alternative analysis …

Principal component analysis is a widely useddimension reduction'technique, albeit
generally at a phenotypic level. It is shown that we can estimate genetic principal …

This book should provide a useful reference work on statistical methods and their
application for the animal geneticist. It presents most of the conventional topics of …

Methods of functional analysis are applied to provide an exact mathematical analysis of
Kimura's continuum-of-alleles model. By an approximate analysis, Kimura obtained the …

Summary Lange, Westlake & Spence (1976) used the assumption of multivariate normality
to apply a likelihood method to the analysis of quantitative traits measured over pedigrees …

The maintenance of polygenic variability by a balance between mutation and stabilizing
selection has been analysed using two approximations: the 'Gaussian'and the 'house of …