Method for the estimation of genetic merit of animals with uncertain paternity under Bayesian inference.

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The use of controlled mating or artificial insemination is impracticable in the case of large herds, mainly because of labour costs and the need to delimit areas during the breeding period. However, the exclusion of information from animals with uncertain paternity reduces genetic progress. The objectives of this study were as follows: (i) propose an iterative empirical Bayesian procedure to implement the...

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