Linear models for the prediction of animal breeding values /
Raphael A. Mrode ; chapter 15 contributed by Robin Thompson.
- 3rd ed.
- Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2014.
- xvi, 343 p.
Includes bibliographical references
Genetic evaluation with different sources of records -- Genetic covariance between relatives -- Best linear unbiased prediction of breeding value: univariate models with one random effects -- Best linear unbiased prediction of breeding value: models with random environmental effects -- Best linear unbiased prediction of breeding value: multivariate models -- Methods to reduce the dimension of multivariate models -- Maternal traits models: animal and reduced animal models -- Social interaction models -- Analysis of longitudinal data -- Use of genetic markers in breeding value prediction -- Computation of genomic breeding values and genomic selection -- Non-additive animal models -- Analysis of ordered categorical trait -- Survival analysis -- Estimation of genetic parameters / contributed by Robin Thompson -- Use of Gibbs sampling in variance component estimation and breeding value prediction -- Solving linear equations.