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Exploring methods to summarize gut microbiota composition for microbiability estimation and phenotypic prediction in swine.
Journal of animal science - 1 Sept 2022
He Yuqing, Tiezzi Francesco, Jiang Jicai, Howard Jeremy, Huang Yijian, Gray Kent, Choi Jung-Woo, Maltecca Christian
Abstract excerpt
The microbial composition resemblance among individuals in a group can be summarized in a square covariance matrix and fitted in linear models. We investigated eight approaches to create the matrix that quantified the resemblance between animals based on the gut microbiota composition. We aimed to compare the performance of different methods in estimating trait microbiability and predicting growth and body...
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