This section introduces the mathematical notation used throughout this chapter to describe the mixed linear model. You should be familiar with basic matrix algebra (refer to Searle 1982). A more ...

The mixed model extends the general linear model by allowing a more flexible specification of the covariance matrix of . In other words, it allows for both correlation and heterogeneous variances, ...

Mixed linear model (MLM) methods have proven useful in ... and population structure (Q matrix) in 277 inbred lines 5. No statistically significant association was found between the genetic markers ...