Statistical Methods - Linear and Nonlinear Models: Inference

Friday, August 22, 2014: 1:30 PM-3:00 PM
Bayshore Grand Ballroom D (The Westin Bayshore)
Moderator:
Daniel Gianola
1:30 PM
216
Selective Shrinkage of Genomic Effects Using Synthetic Dependencies in Neighboring Chromosome Regions
Dörte Wittenburg, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology; Norbert Reinsch, Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology
1:45 PM
217
2:00 PM
218
Inferring the ancestral dynamics of population size from genome wide molecular data: an ABC approach
Simon Boitard, GABI (INRA / AgroParisTech); Stanislas Sochacki, UMR 7205 ISYEB (MNHN / CNRS / EPHE / UPMC)
2:15 PM
219
Causal Meaning of Genomic Predictors: Implication on Genome-Enabled Selection Modeling
Bruno D. Valente, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Gota Morota, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Guilherme J.M. Rosa, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Daniel Gianola, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Kent A. Weigel, University of Wisconsin
2:30 PM
220
Using SNP Markers to Estimate Additive, Dominance and Imprinting Genetic Variance
Marcos S. Lopes, TOPIGS Research Center IPG; John W.M. Bastiaansen, Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University; Luc Janss, Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University; Henk Bovenhuis, Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University; Egbert F. Knol, TOPIGS Research Center IPG
2:45 PM
221
Estimation of single locus effects on susceptibility, infectivity and recovery rates in an epidemic using temporal data
Christopher M. Pooley, The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh; Stephen C. Bishop, The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh; Glenn Marion, Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland