Background Molecular estimates of breeding value are expected to increase selection response due to improvements in the accuracy of selection and a reduction in generation interval, particularly for traits that are difficult or expensive to record or are
Northcutt Sally L +7 more
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Breeding against osteochondrosis : phenotypic and genetic analyses in horses and pigs [PDF]
Osteochondrosis (OC) is a disturbance in the process of endochondral ossification during skeletal growth. The objectives of this thesis were to assess the prevalence and genetic parameters of OC, and to facilitate optimization of breeding against OC ...
Grevenhof, E.M., van +1 more
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Comparison of analyses of the QTLMAS XIII common dataset. I: genomic selection [PDF]
Background - Genomic selection, the use of markers across the whole genome, receives increasing amounts of attention and is having more and more impact on breeding programs. Development of statistical and computational methods to estimate breeding values
Coster, A. +12 more
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Development of genomic predictions for harvest and carcass weight in channel catfish
Background Catfish farming is the largest segment of US aquaculture and research is ongoing to improve production efficiency, including genetic selection programs to improve economically important traits.
Andre L. S. Garcia +5 more
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Assessment of the accuracies of estimated breeding values and genomic enhanced breeding values in selection of Bonsmara cattle [PDF]
Dissertation (MSc (Agric): Animal Breeding and Genetics)--University of Pretoria, 2020.Traditionally, the selection of beef cattle was based on the quantitative animal breeding theory and principles.
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Single-Step BLUP with Varying Genotyping Effort in Open-Pollinated Picea glauca
Maximization of genetic gain in forest tree breeding programs is contingent on the accuracy of the predicted breeding values and precision of the estimated genetic parameters.
Blaise Ratcliffe +6 more
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Comparison of genomic predictions for carcass and reproduction traits in Berkshire, Duroc and Yorkshire populations in Korea [PDF]
Objective A genome-based best linear unbiased prediction (GBLUP) method was applied to evaluate accuracies of genomic estimated breeding value (GEBV) of carcass and reproductive traits in Berkshire, Duroc and Yorkshire populations in Korean swine ...
Asif Iqbal +7 more
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Genomic estimated breeding values
This compressed directory contains three text files with genomic estimated breeding values (GEBVs) for each line and trait. GEBVs for chemistry, caterpillar and plant traits are in bv_pred_ir.txt, bv_pred_cat.txt and bv_pred_plant.txt ...
Tucker, Matthew +15 more
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Novel Sequencing and Genomic Technologies Revolutionized Rice Genomic Study and Breeding
Rice is one of the most important food crops worldwide. Population growth and climate change posed great challenges for further rice production. In the past decade, we have witnessed an explosive development in novel sequencing and genomic technologies ...
Junliang Zhao, Shihu Liang, Haiyong Gu
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Accuracy and bias of genomic prediction with different de-regression methods
Genomic selection has become increasingly important in the breeding of animals and plants. The response variable is an important factor, influencing the accuracy of genomic selection.
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