You need to do some reading and stop posting here. All your questions can be answered by reading the appropriate Help pages of the packages you mentioned and associated references.
And what, pray tell, is "reml-R" and what does "is not free" mean? (the packages you mentioned are part of open source R and **are** "free" under their licensing conditions). If you must post on this topic, post to the r-sig-mixed-models list. -- Bert On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Yao He <yao.h.1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear All: > > I want to do association study based on mixed linear model, > > My model not only includes serval fixed effects and random effects but > also incorporates some covariates such as "birth weight". > Otherwise, the size of the data are about 180 individuals and 12 > variables and 60000 Fixed effect estimates > > As asreml-R is not free ,is there any packages for my study? > I heard nlme or lme4 but I'm not sure whether they could incorporate > covariates and what about their computational efficiency? > > Thanks for you recommendation > > Yao He > âââââââââââââââââââââââââ > Master candidate in 2rd year > Department of Animal genetics & breeding > Room 436,College of Animial Science&Technology, > China Agriculture University,Beijing,100193 > E-mail: yao.h.1...@gmail.com > ââââââââââââââââââââââââââ > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Bert Gunter Genentech Nonclinical Biostatistics Internal Contact Info: Phone: 467-7374 Website: http://pharmadevelopment.roche.com/index/pdb/pdb-functional-groups/pdb-biostatistics/pdb-ncb-home.htm [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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