Linear models for the prediction of the genetic merit of animals / Raphael A. Mrode, Ivan Pocrnic ; Gregor Gorjanc (chapter 1) ; Robin Thompson (chapter 17).

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"Covering the fundamental principles of the application of linear models for the prediction of genetic merit in livestock, this new edition incorporates advances in methods of genomic prediction for pure and cross-bred animals. It provides models for the analysis of main production traits and functi...

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Uniform Title:Linear models for the prediction of animal breeding values
Main Authors: Mrode, R. A. (Author)
Pocrnic, Ivan, 1987- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Boston, MA, USA : CABI, [2023]
Edition:4th edition.
Subjects:
Livestock > Breeding > Mathematical models.
Livestock > Breeding > Statistical methods.
Livestock > Genetics > Mathematical models.
Livestock > Genetics > Statistical methods.
Selective Breeding > genetics.
Livestock > genetics.
Models, Genetic.
Quantitative Trait Loci > genetics.
Selection, Genetic > genetics.
Physical Description:xviii, 389 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The Genome and phenotypes
  • Genetic evaluation with different sources of records
  • Genetic covariance between relatives
  • Best linear unbiased prediction of breeding value : univariate models with one random effect
  • Best linear unbiased prediction of breeding value : Models with random environmental effects
  • Best Linear unbiased prediction of breeding value : Multivariate models
  • Methods to reduce the dimension of multivariate models
  • Maternal traits models : Animal and reduced animal Models
  • Social interaction models
  • Analysis of longitudinal data
  • Genomic prediction and selection
  • Single-step Approaches to Genomics
  • Non-additive animal models
  • Genetic and genomic models for multi-breed and crossbred analyses
  • Analysis of ordered categorical traits
  • Survival analysis
  • Estimation of genetic parameters
  • Use of Gibbs sampling in variance component estimation and breeding value prediction
  • Solving linear equations.