Bayes factor between Student t and Gaussian mixed models within an animal breeding context.docVIP

Genet.Sel.Evol.40(2008)395–413 óINRA,EDPSciences,2008 DOI:10.1051/gse:2008007 Availableonlineat: Originalarticle BayesfactorbetweenStudentt andGaussianmixedmodels withinananimalbreedingcontext JoaquimCASELLAS1*,NoeliaIBA′NEZ-ESCRICHE1, ? LuisAlbertoGARCI′A-CORTE′S2,LuisVARONA1 1Gene`tica iMilloraAnimal,IRTA-Lleida,25198Lleida,Spain 2DepartamentodeMejoraGene′tica Animal,SGIT-INIA,CarreteradelaCorun?a, km.7, 28040Madrid,Spain (Received2April2007;accepted19December2007) Abstract–TheimplementationofStudenttmixedmodelsinanimalbreedinghasbeen suggestedasausefulstatisticaltooltoeffectivelymutet