Genomic clustering helps to improve prediction in a multibreed population.

Abstract excerpt

Genomic prediction for crossbred beef cattle has shown limited results using low- to moderate-density SNP panels. The relationship between the training and validation populations, as well as the size of the reference population, affects the prediction accuracy for genomic selection. Rotational crossbreeding systems require the usage of crossbred animals as sires and dams of future generations, so crossbred...

Topics

• Animals
• Breeding
• Cattle
• Cluster Analysis
• Female
• Genetics, Population
• Genome
• Genomics
• Genotype
• Hybridization, Genetic
• Male
• Models, Genetic