Most of our analyses will be carried out using SPSS and Excel. Here
are links to additional software (freeware), with descriptions from
the Author pages:
DFREML:
is a suite of programs to estimate (co)variance components or covariance
functions, and the resulting genetic parameters, by Restricted Maximum
Likelihood fitting an animal model. In addition, it can be used to obtain
estimated breeding values and fixed effects solutions.
Quercus: program
for the maximum likelihood analysis of variance of quantitative genetic
data. The programs perform ML or REML on a two generation pedigree with
multivariate phenotypic observations and fixed effects. Up to six variance
components including additive genetic, dominance, maternal, paternal,
and residual (and their covariances in the multivariate case) can be
calculated.
Bayesian analysis:
Multiple Trait Gibbs Sampler for Animal Models.