Predicting Genomic Selection Accuracy from Hetergeneous Sources

Title
Predicting Genomic Selection Accuracy from Hetergeneous Sources
Publication Date
2015
Author(s)
Van Der Werf, Julius H
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2512-1696
Email: jvanderw@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jvanderw
Clark, Sam A
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8605-1738
Email: sclark37@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:sclark37
Lee, Sang Hong
Editor
Editor(s): Kim Bunter, Tim Byrne, Hans Daetwyler, Susanne Hermesch, Kathryn Kemper, James Kijas, David Nation, Wayne Pitchford, Suzanne Rowe, Matt Shaffer, Alison van Eenennaam
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics (AAABG)
Place of publication
Armidale, Australia
UNE publication id
une:19631
Abstract
We predict genomic selection accuracy from a heterogeneous reference population that contains close relatives, herd- or flock mates and individuals from the wider population, using an established theory. The various sources of information were modeled as different and independent reference populations with different effective sizes. We show that information on close relatives can have a substantial effect on genomic prediction accuracy. We also show the increase of the genomic prediction accuracy to be less reliant on higher marker density or total reference population size when there are more closely related individuals to predict from. Conversely, the value of close relatives is smaller when the total reference population size is larger. Our modelling is useful to assess the value of a population reference versus a breeder's own reference, based on own animals genotyped.
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Citation
Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, v.21, p. 161-164
ISSN
1328-3227
ISBN
9780646945545
Start page
161
End page
164

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