Genetic Analysis of Complex Traits Using SAS

Paperback: 312 pages 公卫家园
Publisher: Books by Users Press; 1 edition (November 10, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1590475070
ISBN-13: 978-1590475072
Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches

Arnold Saxton, Ph.D., the editor of this volume, is a professor of animal science at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. During years of research and teaching in statistics and genetics, Dr. Saxton recognized the need for a how-to introduction to SAS computer analysis for complex-trait genetics. He assembled 16 coauthors from around the world to create this unique compilation. Example-rich and experiment-driven, Genetic Analysis of Complex Traits Using SAS demonstrates how you can use SAS and SAS/Genetics to extract answers from your quantitative and molecular genetics data. The book guides you through the mix of genetic, statistical, and SAS skills that are needed, enabling you to apply what you've learned to your own experimental data. You'll find this an invaluable resource whether you are a researcher, scientist, graduate student, bioinformatician, or statistician--or any other SAS user interested in joining the highly active and exciting field of genetic analysis.

This book discusses important approaches for AMMI modeling of genotype-environment interactions, the analysis of longitudinal traits, and empirical Bayes estimates. -- Bruce Walsh

This book is a very welcome addition to the toolbox of anyone using the powerful SAS System to analyze the genetic basis of complex traits. Both classic and Bayesian approaches are discussed, with a focus on genetic parameter estimation and gene mapping. An especially nice feature, and indeed worth the price of the book by themselves, are chapters discussing important, but underappreciated, approaches for AMMI modeling of genotype-environment interactions, the analysis of longitudinal traits, and empirical Bayes estimates. --Bruce Walsh