[R-sig-ME] Linear mixed model in lme4

[Ricardo Francisco Duran Reyes]

Dear all,
I am a forestry researcher from Chile and I want to use the Lme4 packages for fitting a linear mixed model according this equation:
 Y=mu+Female+Male+FemxMale+Clone+e
 Where some trees are clones with know family and other are clones with unknow parents, others are family data with both parents know and other are family data with just one parent know.
 Is lme4 capable for doing this analysis?
 An example of how data looks is here:
 Family

Female

Male

Clone

Type of data

AH

FA7

FV7

AH714

Clonal data

AH

FA7

FV7



Full sib progeny

LB

FA7

Unknown

LB315

Clonal data (one parent known)

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

BA465

Clonal data (unknown family)

BT

FA21

FV50



Full sib progeny

BA

G184

Unknown



OP progeny


I would appreciate any help

Best regards,

Ricardo Durán


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