Hot topic: A unified approach to utilize phenotypic, full pedigree, and genomic information for genetic evaluation of Holstein final score

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 743-752

  Aguilar, I ^a,b   Misztal, I ^a   Johnson, D L ^c   Legarra, A ^d   Tsuruta, S ^a   Lawlor, T J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN AGROPECUARIA INIA   (Uruguay)

^c LIVESTOCK IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION   (New Zealand)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e Holstein Association USA Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Best linear unbiased predictor; Genetic evaluation; Genomic prediction; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENOME; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENOME; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77949293856     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2730     Document Type: Article

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