Genomic selection in animals / Joel Ira Weller.
| Author/creator | Weller, Joel Ira |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons Inc., [2015] |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Historical overview -- Types of current genetic markers and genotyping methodologies -- Advanced animal breeding programs prior to genomic selection -- Economic evaluation of genetic breeding programs -- Least squares, maximum likelihood and Bayesian parameter estimation -- Trait-based genetic evaluation, the mixed model -- Maximum likelihood and Bayesian estimation of QTL parameters with random effects included in the model -- Maximum likelihood, restricted maximum likelihoodand Bayesian estimation for mixed models -- Distribution of genetic effects, theory and results -- The multiple comparison problem -- Linkage mapping of QTL -- Linkage disequilibrium mapping of QTL -- Marker assisted selection, basic strategies -- Genetic evaluation based on dense marker maps, basic strategies -- Genetic evaluation based on analysis of genetic evaluations or daughter-yield evaluations -- Genomic evaluation based on analysis of production records -- Validation of methods for genomic estimated breeding values -- Byproducts of Genomic evaluation analysis: pedigree validation and determination -- Imputation of missing genotypes : methodologies, accuracies, and effects on genomic evaluations -- Detection and validation of quantitative trait nucleotides (QTN) -- Future directions and conclusions. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Weller, Joel Ira, author. Genomic selection in animals Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons Inc., [2015] 9780470960073 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2015042886 |
| ISBN | 9781119213635 (ePub) |
| ISBN | 9781119213611 (Adobe PDF) |