Implications of avoiding overlap between training and testing data sets when evaluating genomic predictions of genetic merit

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3320-3330

  Amer, P R ^a   Banos, G ^b  

^a ABACUSBIO LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Genomic selection; Selection index theory; Simulation; Validation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME; MALE; METHODOLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEACHING;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GENOME; MALE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TEACHING;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 77953888992     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2009-2845     Document Type: Article

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