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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Format: | Article |
Language: | deu |
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BMC
2020-07-01
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Series: | Genetics Selection Evolution |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12711-020-00562-6 |