Incorporation of discrete genotype effects for multiple genes into animal model evaluations when only a small fraction of the population has been genotyped.

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An efficient algorithm is described for marker-assisted selection appropriate for large populations, even though only a small fraction of the population is genotyped. Genotype probabilities for specific loci are computed for all animals without genotypes. Effects of the quantitative trait loci (QTL) are then estimated by a "cow model" and the appropriate effects are subtracted from the cows' records. Selection is...

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