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Short communication: Improving accuracy of Jersey genomic evaluations in the United States and Denmark by sharing reference population bulls.
Journal of dairy science - 1 May 2015
Wiggans G R, Su G, Cooper T A, Nielsen U S, Aamand G P, Guldbrandtsen B, Lund M S, VanRaden P M
Abstract excerpt
The effect on prediction accuracy for Jersey genomic evaluations of Danish and US bulls from using a larger reference population was assessed. Each country contributed genotypes from 1,157 Jersey bulls to the reference population of the other. Data were separated into reference (US only, Danish only, and combined US-Danish) and validation (US only and Danish only) populations. Depending on trait (milk, fat, and...
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