Article
Avoiding preselection bias in subsequent single-step genomic BLUP evaluations of genomically preselected animals.
Journal of animal breeding and genetics = Zeitschrift fur Tierzuchtung und Zuchtungsbiologie - 1 Jul 2021
Jibrila Ibrahim, Vandenplas Jeremie, Ten Napel Jan, Veerkamp Roel F, Calus Mario P L
Abstract excerpt
In animal breeding, parents of the next generation are usually selected in multiple stages, and the initial stages of this selection are called preselection. Preselection reduces the information available for subsequent evaluation of preselected animals and this sometimes leads to bias. The objective of this study was to establish the minimum information required to subsequently evaluate genomically preselected...
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