Approximate and 'exact' accuracies of breeding value estimates for growth of beef cattle from random regression analyses

Title
Approximate and 'exact' accuracies of breeding value estimates for growth of beef cattle from random regression analyses
Publication Date
2003
Author(s)
Meyer, Karin
Tier, Bruce
Editor
Editor(s): Abigail Henderson
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:4457
Abstract
Approximate prediction error covariances among estimates of random regression coefficients for direct genetic effects were obtained for two beef cattle data sets using an extension of the method of Graser and Tier (1997). From these, approximate accuracies of breeding value estimates for birth, 200 day, 400 day and 600 day weight were calculated. Corresponding 'exact' values were determined from the inverse of the coefficient matrix in the mixed model equations (MME), estimating the diagonal blocks of the inverse pertaining to random regression coefficients using Gibbs sampling. Approximate and 'exact' values were contrasted with empirical accuracies, obtained as correlations between true and estimated genetic values in a simulation study. Results showed good agreement between approximate and 'exact' values.
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Citation
Proceedings of the Association for the Advancement of Animal Breeding and Genetics, v.15, p. 391-394
ISSN
1328-3227
ISBN
0958629927
Start page
391
End page
394

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