Technical note: Adjustment of traditional cow evaluations to improve accuracy of genomic predictions

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 6188-6193

  Wiggans, G R ^a   Cooper, T A ^a   VanRaden, P M ^a   Cole, J B ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Evaluation accuracy; Genetic evaluation; Genomic prediction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENOME; GENOTYPE; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 82155179269     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2011-4481     Document Type: Article

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