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- Recovery of inter-block information when block sizes are unequal (1971) (3875)
- ASREML user guide release 1.0 (2002) (2907)
- Average information REML: An efficient algorithm for variance parameter estimation in linear mixed models (1995) (855)
- The analysis of crop cultivar breeding and evaluation trials: an overview of current mixed model approaches (2005) (447)
- Analyzing Variety by Environment Data Using Multiplicative Mixed Models and Adjustments for Spatial Field Trend (2001) (428)
- Restricted Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Variance Components for Univariate Animal Models Using Sparse Matrix Techniques and Average Information (1995) (347)
- Estimation of genetic parameters. (1986) (293)
- Genetic aspects of common health disorders and measures of fertility in Holstein Friesian dairy cattle (1997) (230)
- Linear and threshold model genetic parameters for disease, fertility and milk production in dairy cattle (2000) (228)
- Probabilities of Non-Positive Definite between-Group or Genetic Covariance Matrices (1978) (227)
- Residual maximum likelihood estimation of (co)variance components in multivariate mixed linear models using average information (1997) (221)
- Heritability of milk yield and composition at different levels and variability of production (1983) (182)
- Composite Link Functions in Generalized Linear Models (1981) (182)
- Genetic parameters and evaluations from single- and multiple-trait analysis of dairy cow fertility and milk production (2003) (172)
- Estimation of genetic parameters using health, fertility and production data from a management recording system for dairy cattle (1998) (169)
- Spatial analysis of multi-environment early generation variety trials (1998) (155)
- Estimation of quantitative genetic parameters (2008) (133)
- The diet ingested by sheep grazing swards differing in white clover and perennial ryegrass content (1982) (131)
- The estimation of variance and covariance components with an application when records are subject to culling (1973) (127)
- A Sparse Implementation of the Average Information Algorithm for Factor Analytic and Reduced Rank Variance Models (2003) (106)
- Genetic parameters of test day records of British Holstein-Friesian heifers (1992) (104)
- Prediction in linear mixed models (2004) (103)
- A COMPARISON OF MIXED MODEL SPLINES FOR CURVE FITTING (2007) (95)
- Maximum likelihood estimation of variance components (1980) (90)
- An efficient computing strategy for prediction in mixed linear models (2004) (86)
- The analysis of QTL by simultaneous use of the full linkage map (2007) (81)
- A theory of genetic contributions. (1994) (79)
- A COMPARISON OF ANALYSIS METHODS FOR LATE‐STAGE VARIETY EVALUATION TRIALS (2010) (78)
- Prediction of asymptotic rates of response from selection on multiple traits using univariate and multivariate best linear unbiased predictors. (1993) (73)
- Factor analytic and reduced animal models for the investigation of additive genotype-by-environment interaction in outcrossing plant species with application to a Pinus radiata breeding programme (2014) (70)
- Genomic Selection in Multi-environment Crop Trials (2016) (65)
- Prediction of long-term contributions and inbreeding in populations undergoing mass selection (1993) (64)
- Analysis of Litter Size and Average Litter Weight in Pigs Using a Recursive Model (2007) (61)
- Estimation of genetic and environmental variances for fat yield in individual herds and an investigation into heterogeneity of variance between herds (1991) (59)
- The Estimation of Heritability with Unbalanced Data: II. Data Available on More Than Two Generations (1977) (51)
- Assigning pedigree beef performance records to contemporary groups taking account of within-herd calving patterns (1997) (51)
- Iterative Estimation of Variance Components for Non-Orthogonal Data (1969) (50)
- A Note on the Estimation of the Parameters of the Autoregressive-Moving Average Process (1977) (49)
- The analysis of quantitative trait loci in multi-environment trials using a multiplicative mixed model (2003) (48)
- [That BLUP is a Good Thing: The Estimation of Random Effects]: Comment (1991) (45)
- Estimation of variance components: What is missing in the EM algorithm? (1986) (44)
- ASReml Update. What's new in Release 3.00 (2009) (42)
- A variance shift model for detection of outliers in the linear mixed model (2010) (42)
- Effect of stocking density on performance of broiler chicks (1972) (42)
- Estimation in a multiplicative mixed model involving a genetic relationship matrix (2009) (41)
- Quasi-Monte Carlo estimation in generalized linear mixed models (2007) (41)
- Structured antedependence models for genetic analysis of repeated measures on multiple quantitative traits. (2003) (40)
- The Estimation of Heritability with Unbalanced Data: I. Observations Available on Parents and Offspring (1977) (39)
- Estimates of genetic parameters for ovulation rate, prenatal survival and litter size in rabbits from an elliptical selection experiment. (1993) (38)
- Joint Modeling of Spatial Variability and Within-Row Interplot Competition to Increase the Efficiency of Plant Improvement (2011) (37)
- Selection for rate and efficiency of lean gain in Hereford cattle 1. Selection pressure applied and direct responses (1990) (36)
- The analysis of quantitative traits in wheat mapping populations (2001) (36)
- Effects of pregnancy on daily milk yield of Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle (2004) (35)
- Exploring variety - environment data using random effects AMMI models with adjustments for spatial field trend: Part 2. Applications (2001) (34)
- Individual animal model estimates of genetic parameters for reproduction traits of landrace pigs performance tested in a commercial nucleus herd (1997) (33)
- The use of product traits such as lean growth rate as selection criteria in animal breeding (1987) (33)
- The Analysis of Longitudinal Data Using Mixed Model L‐Splines (2006) (32)
- Individual animal model estimates of genetic parameters for performance test traits of male and female landrace pigs tested in a commercial nucleus herd (1997) (31)
- REML — a program for the analysis of non-orthogonal data by restricted maximum likelihood (1982) (29)
- Factor analytic multiplicative mixed models in the analysis of multiple experiments (2004) (29)
- OPTIMAL WEIGHTING OF INFORMATION IN MARKER-ASSISTED SELECTION (1997) (28)
- Selection for rate and efficiency of lean gain in Hereford cattle. 2. Evaluation of correlated responses (1990) (26)
- Estimation of sire with feeding regime interaction in pigs (1988) (26)
- Genetic parameters of beef characters and the genetic relationship between meat and milk production in British Friesian cattle (1972) (25)
- Gauss-Hermite Quadrature Approximation for Estimation in Generalised Linear Mixed Models (2003) (25)
- Development of a maternal breeding goal and tools to select for this goal in UK beef production (2005) (25)
- Multiplicative mixed models for the analysis of sensory evaluation data (2003) (24)
- Design of experiments to estimate offspring-parent regression using selected parents (1977) (23)
- COMPARISONS BETWEEN GENETIC VARIANCES ESTIMATED FROM DIFFERENT TYPES OF RELATIVES IN DAIRY-CATTLE (1992) (23)
- Employing a Monte Carlo Algorithm in Newton-Type Methods for Restricted Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Genetic Parameters (2013) (22)
- Estimation of prediction error variances via Monte Carlo sampling methods using different formulations of the prediction error variance (2009) (22)
- Estimation of quantitative genetic parameters (2005) (21)
- Univariate analysis of test day milk yields of British Holstein‐Friesian heifers using Gibbs sampling (1997) (21)
- Univariate REML analyses for multivariate data with the animal model. (1990) (21)
- Genetic and environmental influences on beef cattle production in Zambia. 1. Factors affecting weaner production from Angoni, Barotse and Boran dams. (1980) (21)
- Genetic and environmental influences on beef cattle production in Zambia 4. Weaner production from purebred and reciprocally crossbred dams (1981) (20)
- On the mapping of quantitative trait loci at marker and non-marker locations. (2002) (20)
- Bias in variance and covariance component estimators due to selection on a correlated trait (2010) (20)
- JOINT MODELLING OF COMPETITION AND SPATIAL VARIABILITY IN FOREST FIELD TRIALS (2005) (20)
- MULTIVARIATE SPATIAL STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF LONGITUDINAL DATA IN PERENNIAL CROPS (2006) (19)
- Individual animal model estimates of genetic correlations between performance test and reproduction traits of Landrace pigs performance tested in a commercial nucleus herd. (1997) (19)
- Generalized Linear Models and Applications to Animal Breeding (1990) (18)
- Estimates of genetic and phenotypic parameters of growth and carcass traits from closed lines of pigs on restricted feeding. (1989) (17)
- Linear–threshold animal model for birth weight, gestation length and calving ease in United Kingdom Limousin beef cattle data (2009) (16)
- Multivariate Character Process Models for the Analysis of Two or More Correlated Function-Valued Traits (2004) (16)
- The comparative performance of purebred and crossbred boars in commercial pig production (1975) (16)
- The effect of increasing the interval between recordings on genetic parameters of test day yields of British Holstein-Friesian heifers (1993) (15)
- Estimates of genetic and phenotypic parameters of litter traits from closed lines of pigs (1989) (15)
- A genetic analysis of egg quality traits and their maternal influence on offspring-parental regressions of juvenile body weight performance in broiler chickens (1997) (15)
- Physiological attributes as possible selection criteria for milk production 3. Plasma hormone concentrations and metabolite and hormonal responses to changes in energy equilibrium (1983) (14)
- Residual Variance–Covariance Modelling in Analysis of Multivariate Data from Variety Selection Trials (2017) (14)
- Cumulative selection differentials and realized heritabilities (1989) (14)
- CONTROLLING INBREEDING IN DAIRY MOET NUCLEUS SCHEMES (1995) (14)
- The design and analysis of variety trials using mixtures of composite and individual plot samples (2011) (13)
- Estimation of Variance Components in Populations Selected over Multiple Generations (1989) (13)
- Genetic analysis of longevity data in the UK: present practice and considerations for the future (1999) (13)
- The relationship between serum albumin concentration and body protein loss in pregnant sheep (1978) (13)
- Results of multivariate individual animal model genetic evaluations of British pedigree beef cattle (1997) (13)
- Relationship between the cumulative difference and best linear unbiased predictor methods of evaluating bulls (1976) (12)
- Smoothing biological data with splines (1998) (12)
- Dairy sire evaluation using a “rolling months” model (1986) (12)
- The Genetic Improvement of Dairy Cattle (1988) (12)
- Sources of information for estimating heritability from selection experiments (1994) (11)
- A bivariate mixed model approach for the analysis of plant survival data (2013) (11)
- Statistical validation of genetic models (2001) (11)
- Comparisons of some GLMM estimators for a simple binomial model (1994) (11)
- Genetic parameters for body weight in beef cattle in Britain. (1990) (11)
- Perspectives of ANOVA, REML and a general linear mixed model (2004) (11)
- Genetic and environmental influences on beef cattle production in Zambia 3. Carcass characteristics of purebred and reciprocally crossbred castrated males (1980) (11)
- Use of the score test as a goodness-of-fit measure of the covariance structure in genetic analysis of longitudinal data (2003) (11)
- Estimating the heritability of all-or-none and categorical traits by offspring-parent regression (1985) (10)
- Comparative performance of British hill sheep breeds and crosses (1997) (10)
- Components of environmental variance of yields of cows in different lactations (1989) (9)
- ASREML estimates variance matrices from multivariate data using the animal model (2002) (9)
- Advances in selection theory. (1990) (9)
- The growth and carcass characteristics of crosses of Hereford and Friesian with Angoni, Barotse and Boran cattle in Zambia (1979) (9)
- Random regression model for the genetic evaluation of production traits of dairy cattle in the UK (2005) (8)
- Estimation of variance components for Nordic red cattle test-day model: Bayesian gibbs sampler vs. Monte Carlo EM REML (2009) (8)
- A comparison of two survival analysis methods with the number of lactations as a discrete time variate (1999) (7)
- A derivative-free algorithm to estimate bivariate (co)variance components using canonical transformations and estimated rotations (1992) (7)
- Generalized linear mixed models: An improved estimating procedure (2000) (7)
- A note on bimodality in the log-likelihood function for penalized spline mixed models (2009) (7)
- Prospects for statistical methods in dairy cattle breeding (1999) (7)
- A note on the estimation of economic values for selection indices (1980) (7)
- Multiplicative models for interaction in spatial mixed model analyses for Multi-Environment Trial data (1998) (6)
- Estimation of bivariate variance components. (1990) (6)
- A Note on the W Transformation (1975) (6)
- Multi-trait covariance functions to estimate genetic correlations between milk yield, dry matter intake and live weight during lactation (1999) (6)
- (Co)Variance Structures for Linear Models in the Analysis of Plant Improvement Data (1998) (5)
- Modelling variance parameters in ASREML for repeated measures data (1998) (5)
- Genetic and environmental influences on beef cattle production in Zambia 2. Live weights for age of purebred and reciprocally crossbred progeny (1980) (5)
- Quasi-Monte Carlo EM Algorithm for MLEs in Generalized Linear Mixed Models (1998) (5)
- Calculation of multiple-trait sire reliability for traits included in a dairy cattle fertility index (2004) (5)
- A review of genetic parameter estimation. (2002) (5)
- Use of prior information in forming selection indices (1998) (4)
- Desert island papers-A life in variance parameter and quantitative genetic parameter estimation reviewed using 16 papers. (2019) (4)
- Random genetic drift in an egg-laying strain of poultry (1980) (4)
- Prospects for statistical methods in animal breeding (2004) (4)
- Foliar insect pest management on cowpea (Vigna unguiculata Walpers) in simulated varietal mixtures: II. Pest resistance management implications (2002) (4)
- Evaluation of adult multiple ovulation and embryo transfer (MOET) nucleus schemes in dairy cattle using Monte Carlo simulation. (1990) (4)
- ASReml 2 and SAMM 2 - mixed models for many occasions. (2006) (3)
- Factor analytic and reduced animal models for the investigation of additive genotype-by-environment interaction in outcrossing plant species with application to a Pinus radiata breeding programme (2014) (3)
- A General Form for Specification of Correlated Error Models, with Allowance for Heterogeneity (1998) (3)
- Prospects for across-flock genetic evaluation in Australian Merino sheep (1998) (3)
- Factor analytic multiplicative mixed models in the analysis of multi-environment forest field trials (2004) (3)
- Estimation of heritability in selection experiments. (1990) (3)
- Investigation of bimodality in likelihoods and posterior densities (1996) (2)
- Approximations to segregation analysis for the detection of major genes. (1990) (2)
- Plenary lectures, molecular genetics and mapping, selection, prediction and estimation (1990) (2)
- Breeding objectives for red deer (1993) (2)
- Possible uses of genetic markers in selection programs in cattle. (1991) (2)
- Multi-trait covariance functions to model genetic variation in the dynamic relation between feed intake, live weight and milk yield during lactation (1998) (2)
- Reformulated generalised linear (mixed) model aids multiple trait genetic evaluation with polychotomous calving ease (1998) (2)
- Latent mixed models (2009) (1)
- Long term selection experiment with sheep. (1986) (1)
- Comparison of Monte Carlo EM REML and Bayesian estimation by Gibbs sampling in estimation of genetic parameters for a test day model (2009) (1)
- Embedded partially replicated designs for grain quality testing (2009) (1)
- Poultry, fish and horse genetics and breeding, growth and reproduction, immune response and disease resistance (1990) (1)
- Genetic relationship between sexes for pig performance traits as recorded in a commercial Landrace nucleus herd. (1990) (1)
- Dairy cattle genetics and breeding, adaptation, conservation (1990) (0)
- Linear mixed models for genomic selection (2016) (0)
- Genetic evaluation of British beef cattle breeds. (1994) (0)
- Residual Variance–Covariance Modelling in Analysis of Multivariate Data from Variety Selection Trials (2016) (0)
- Speakers : A Mixed Model Quantitative Trait Loci Analysis for Multiple Environment Trial Data (2008) (0)
- Beef cattle, sheep and pig genetics and breeding, fibre and fur, meat quality (1990) (0)
- Multiple trait genetic analysis of dairy cow fertility: accounting for selection bias via milk yield (2001) (0)
- Blonde d'Aquitane national sire and dam summary (1996) (0)
- Charolais national sire and dam summary (1996) (0)
- Efficient calculation of accuracy of estimated breeding values by MCMC methods (2000) (0)
- Univariate and bivariate REML analysis with an animal model for litter size. (1994) (0)
- Proceedings of the 4th World Congress on Genetics applied to Livestock Production, Edinburgh 23-27 July, 1990. XV. Beef cattle, sheep and pig genetics and breeding, fibre, fur and meat quality. (1990) (0)
- Across-flock evaluation and optimisation of pedigree recording for merino sheep (1998) (0)
- Some Recent Developments in the Analysis and Design of Quantitative Genetic Experiments (1981) (0)
- Genetic parameters for live animal conformation measures of British pedigree beef cattle (1998) (0)
- Statistical Genetic . Prem Narain. Wiley New Delhi, India. xv + 599 pages. £26. (1992) (0)
- Calculation of multiple-trait sire reliability for fertility traits (2003) (0)
- A bivariate mixed model approach for the analysis of plant survival data (2012) (0)
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