Summary &mdash; The BLUP method for the estimation of breeding values requires the knowledge of the ratio of the residual over the genetic variance or of the heritability value (h2). The bias in the breeding value estimates caused by a wrong choice of h2 has been examined by: (a) analysis of 11 populations simulated by varying the h2 value of the trait and the offspring size of each sire (n); (b) analysis of the weaning weights of 2055 Angus beef calves (725 dams bred to 89 sires). The breeding value estimates were found to be different depending on the h2 value chosen. This error causes rank changes between sires and, consequently, a possible wrong choice of the subjects to be selected. For a 40 % error in h2 and 5 < n < 60, we f...
Estimated breeding value (EBV) was calculated based on either individual phenotype (SP), an index of...
With the fast and wide development of genomic evaluations in dairy cattle, the design of breeding sc...
A simulation study was carried out to investigate the effect of selection on the estimation of genet...
Accuracy and bias of estimated breeding values are important measures of the quality of genetic eval...
Some analytical and simulated criteria were used to determine whether a priori genetic differences a...
A genomic preselection step of young sires is now often included in dairy cattle breeding schemes. Y...
Field records from 15 herds in the American Angus Association production testing program were studie...
Bias in genetic evaluations has been a constant concern in animal genetics. The interest in this top...
Abstract In practical implementations of marker-assisted selection economic and logistic restriction...
The effects of different types and levels of errors in sire pedigree on genetic variance, heritabili...
The accuracy of estimated breeding values (EBVs) is an important parameter in livestock genetic impr...
Bayesian (via Gibbs sampling) and empirical BLUP (EBLUP) estimation of fixed effects and breeding va...
Method ℜ and Restricted Maximum Likelihood (REML) were compared for estimating heritability (h2) and...
Records on birth (BWT), weaning (WWT), and yearling (YWT) weights on F$\sb1$ progeny from 13 sire br...
The aim was to evaluate me effect of me form (Y) of assigning discrete visual scores (VS) based on a...
Estimated breeding value (EBV) was calculated based on either individual phenotype (SP), an index of...
With the fast and wide development of genomic evaluations in dairy cattle, the design of breeding sc...
A simulation study was carried out to investigate the effect of selection on the estimation of genet...
Accuracy and bias of estimated breeding values are important measures of the quality of genetic eval...
Some analytical and simulated criteria were used to determine whether a priori genetic differences a...
A genomic preselection step of young sires is now often included in dairy cattle breeding schemes. Y...
Field records from 15 herds in the American Angus Association production testing program were studie...
Bias in genetic evaluations has been a constant concern in animal genetics. The interest in this top...
Abstract In practical implementations of marker-assisted selection economic and logistic restriction...
The effects of different types and levels of errors in sire pedigree on genetic variance, heritabili...
The accuracy of estimated breeding values (EBVs) is an important parameter in livestock genetic impr...
Bayesian (via Gibbs sampling) and empirical BLUP (EBLUP) estimation of fixed effects and breeding va...
Method ℜ and Restricted Maximum Likelihood (REML) were compared for estimating heritability (h2) and...
Records on birth (BWT), weaning (WWT), and yearling (YWT) weights on F$\sb1$ progeny from 13 sire br...
The aim was to evaluate me effect of me form (Y) of assigning discrete visual scores (VS) based on a...
Estimated breeding value (EBV) was calculated based on either individual phenotype (SP), an index of...
With the fast and wide development of genomic evaluations in dairy cattle, the design of breeding sc...
A simulation study was carried out to investigate the effect of selection on the estimation of genet...