This article introduces a new class of experimental designs, called split factorials, which allow for the estimation of both response surface effects (fixed effects of crossed factors) and variance ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Biometrics is a scientific journal emphasizing the role of statistics and mathematics in the biological sciences. Its object is to ...

Although genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified numerous loci associated with complex traits, imprecise modeling of the genetic relatedness within study samples may cause substantial ...

Models to estimate heritability (twin or SNP h2) are typically linear models that can be seen as extensions of the simple linear model between two variables, from which one estimates a correlation.