Article
Sharing reference data and including cows in the reference population improve genomic predictions in Danish Jersey.
Animal : an international journal of animal bioscience - 1 Jun 2016
Su G, Ma P, Nielsen U S, Aamand G P, Wiggans G, Guldbrandtsen B, Lund M S
Abstract excerpt
Small reference populations limit the accuracy of genomic prediction in numerically small breeds, such like Danish Jersey. The objective of this study was to investigate two approaches to improve genomic prediction by increasing size of reference population in Danish Jersey. The first approach was to include North American Jersey bulls in Danish Jersey reference population. The second was to genotype cows and use...
Topics
- Animals
- Breeding
- Cattle
- Denmark
- Female
- Fertility
- Genome
- Genomics
- Genotype
- Linear Models
- Male
- Models, Genetic