Best Linear Unbiased Prediction (BLUP) has become the most widely accepted method for genetic evaluation of domestic livestock. Since its introduction, the method has evolved; and despite this, there is no simple text on the application of linear models to the prediction of breeding values. This book has been written with a good balance of theory and application to fill this gap. Equations for partitioning breeding values into contributions from various sources of information are derived under the various models. Recent developments in the analysis of longitudinal data with random regression models and the inclusion of genetic marker information in the evaluation of animals have been incorporated. Overall the book has been thoroughly updated since the first edition was published in 1996.

Linear Models for the Prediction of Animal Breeding Values

Science & Math

Mrode, Raphael A.

Biological Sciences

CABI

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Linear Models for the Prediction of Animal Breeding Values [OP]

The prediction of producing desirable traits in offspring--such as increased growth rate or superior meat, milk and wool production--is a vital economic tool to the animal scientist. Summarizing the latest developments in genomics relating to animal breeding values and design of breeding programs, this new edition includes models of survival analysis, social interaction and sire and dam models, as well as advancements in the use of SNPs in the computation of genomic breeding values.

Genetic Improvement of Farmed Animals

Comprehensive, yet concise and approachable, Genetic Improvement of Farmed Animals provides a thorough grounding in the basic sciences underpinning current farmed animal breeding practice. Relating science to practical application, it covers all the major farmed animal species: cattle, sheep, goats, poultry, pigs and fish. The book: 
Provides a comprehensive coverage from genetics, analysis and strategies for improvement to response to selection, new technologies and predicting breeding values; Uses examples in temperate and tropical systems, sustainability and biodiversity to turn theory into practical applications; Outlines current practice and future directions to leave readers completely up to date. Based on the previous bestseller, Genetic Improvement of Cattle and Sheep, this book has been completely revised, expanded and redesigned to be an essential textbook for undergraduate, masters and early postgraduate level students in agriculture, animal and veterinary science.

Marshall, Karen

Simm, Geoff

Pollott, Geoff

Houston, Ross

Comprehensive, yet concise and approachable, Genetic Improvement of Farmed Animals provides a thorough grounding in the basic sciences underpinning current farmed animal breeding practice. Relating science to practical application, it covers all the major farmed animal species: cattle, sheep, goats, poultry, pigs and fish. The book: <ul> <li>Provides a comprehensive coverage from genetics, analysis and strategies for improvement to response to selection, new technologies and predicting breeding values;</li> <li>Uses examples in temperate and tropical systems, sustainability and biodiversity to turn theory into practical applications;</li> <li>Outlines current practice and future directions to leave readers completely up to date.</li> </ul> Based on the previous bestseller, Genetic Improvement of Cattle and Sheep, this book has been completely revised, expanded and redesigned to be an essential textbook for undergraduate, masters and early postgraduate level students in agriculture, animal and veterinary science.

Fundamental to any livestock improvement program by animal scientists is the prediction of genetic merit in the offspring generation for desirable production traits such as increased growth rate, superior meat, milk, and wool production.\nCovering the foundational principles on the application of linear models for the prediction of genetic merit in livestock, this new edition is fully updated to incorporate recent advances in genomic prediction approaches, genomic models for multi-breed and crossbred performance, dominance, and epistasis. It provides models for the analysis of main production traits as well as functional traits and includes numerous worked examples. For the first time, R codes for key examples in the textbook are provided online.\nThe book covers: 
The relationship between the genome and the phenotype. BLUP models for various livestock data and structure. Incorporation of related ancestral parents and metafounders in prediction models. Models for survival analysis and social interaction. Advancements in genomic prediction approaches and selection. Genomic models for multi-breed and crossbred performance. Models for non-additive genetic effects including dominance and epistasis. Estimation of genetic parameters including Gibbs sampling approaches. Computation methods for solving linear mixed model equations. Suitable for graduate and postgraduate students, researchers and lecturers of animal breeding, genetics and genomics, this established textbook provides a thorough grounding in both the basics and in new developments of linear models and animal genetics.

Linear Models for the Prediction of the Genetic Merit of Animals

Pocrnic, Ivan

Evolution

The prediction of producing desirable traits in offspring--such as increased growth rate or superior meat, milk and wool production--is a vital economic tool to the animal scientist. Summarizing the latest developments in genomics relating to animal breeding values and design of breeding programs, this new edition includes models of survival analysis, social interaction and sire and dam models, as well as advancements in the use of SNPs in the computation of genomic breeding values.

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Linear Models for the Prediction of Animal Breeding Values

Linear Models for the Prediction of Animal Breeding Values

Linear Models for the Prediction of Animal Breeding Values [OP]

Genetic Improvement of Farmed Animals

Genetic Improvement of Farmed Animals

Linear Models for the Prediction of the Genetic Merit of Animals

Linear Models for the Prediction of Animal Breeding Values [OP]