Investigating the impact of preselection on subsequent single-step genomic BLUP evaluation of preselected animals

Abstract Background Preselection of candidates, hereafter referred to as preselection, is a common practice in breeding programs. Preselection can cause bias and accuracy loss in subsequent pedigree-based best linear unbiased prediction (PBLUP). However, the impact of preselection on subsequent sing...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim Jibrila, Jan ten Napel, Jeremie Vandenplas, Roel F. Veerkamp, Mario P. L. Calus
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:Genetics Selection Evolution
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12711-020-00562-6