Likelihood, Bayesian, and MCMC Methods in Quantitative Genetics

by Daniel Sorensen and Daniel Gianola

Book Overview

This book, suitable for numerate biologists and for applied statisticians, provides the foundations of likelihood, Bayesian and MCMC methods in the context of genetic analysis of quantitative traits. Although a number of excellent texts in these areas have become available in recent years, the basic ideas and tools are typically described in a technically demanding style and contain much more detail than necessary. Here, an effort has been made...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441929975
• ISBN13: 9781441929976
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 740 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"