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Assessing connectedness in across-flock genetic evaluations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2017

R. M. Lewis
Affiliation:
Animal Biology Division, SAC, King's Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3JG, UK
R. E. Crump
Affiliation:
Roslin Institute, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9PS, UK
G. Simm
Affiliation:
Animal Biology Division, SAC, King's Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3JG, UK
R. Thompson
Affiliation:
Roslin Institute, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9PS, UK
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With across-flock genetic evaluations, the extent of genetic links or connectedness between animals in separate flocks affects the reliability of selection decisions. As connectedness improves, error in comparing breeding values among flocks falls. Connectedness is thought more important when founder animals (i.e. unknown parentage) of separate flocks differ genetically. The prediction error variance (PEV) of differences in estimated breeding values (EBV) between animals is considered an appropriate measure of connectedness (Kennedy and Trus, 1993). In this study the level of connectedness, and its consequence, in breeding schemes that differ in the extent of ancestral relationships between flocks, and in which founder animals of these flocks differ genetically, was assessed by stochastic simulation.

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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 1999

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Kennedy, B.W. and Trus, D. 1993. Considerations on genetic connectedness between Management units under an animal model. Journal of Animal Science 71:23412352.Google Scholar