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ARS Home Northeast Area Beltsville, Maryland (BARC) Beltsville Agricultural Research Center Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory AGIL_Software MTDFREML





MTDFREMLheadline bar MTDFREML: Multiple-trait derivative-free restricted maximum likelihood Welcome to the multiple-trait derivative-free restricted maximum likelihood (**MTDFREML**) home page. The programs were developed by Keith Boldman and Dale Van Vleck. Evolutionary development and debugging support have also been provided by Lisa Kriese, Joerg Dodenhoff, Steve Kachman, and Curt Van Tassell. Obtaining and compiling the MTDFREML programs
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