Article
Empirical comparison between different methods for genomic prediction of number of piglets born alive in moderate sized breeding populations.
Journal of animal science - 1 Apr 2017
Fangmann A, Sharifi R A, Heinkel J, Danowski K, Schrade H, Erbe M, Simianer H
Abstract excerpt
Currently used multi-step methods to incorporate genomic information in the prediction of breeding values (BV) implicitly involve many assumptions which, if violated, may result in loss of information, inaccuracies and bias. To overcome this, single-step genomic best linear unbiased prediction (ssGBLUP) was proposed combining pedigree, phenotype and genotype of all individuals for genetic evaluation. Our...
Topics
- Animals
- Breeding
- Female
- Genome
- Genomics
- Genotype
- Linear Models
- Male
- Parturition
- Pedigree
- Phenotype
- Population Density