Genomic selection in animals / Joel Ira Weller.

Author/creator Weller, Joel Ira
Format Electronic
Publication InfoHoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons Inc., [2015]
Description1 online resource.
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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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Weller, Joel Ira, author. Genomic selection in animals Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons Inc., [2015] 9780470960073
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LCCN 2015042886
ISBN9781119213635 (ePub)
ISBN9781119213611 (Adobe PDF)