@article {Zimmerman009720, author = {Kolea Zimmerman and Daniel Levitis and Ethan Addicott and Anne Pringle}, title = {Maximizing the mean nearest neighbor distance of a trait to choose among potential crosses and design a fully crossed mating experiment}, elocation-id = {009720}, year = {2014}, doi = {10.1101/009720}, publisher = {Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory}, abstract = {We present a novel algorithm for the design of crossing experiments. A set of individuals (a {\textquotedblleft}crossing-set{\textquotedblright}) is chosen from a larger set of potential crossing-sets by maximizing the distribution of a trait of interest. In simulated mating experiments, identified crossing-sets provide better estimates of underlying parameter values than randomly chosen crossing-sets.}, URL = {https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2014/09/27/009720}, eprint = {https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2014/09/27/009720.full.pdf}, journal = {bioRxiv} }