David Cros

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Heritability of parental populations/breeds from hybrid progeny tests?

I have a dataset of progeny tests. The data were collected on hybrid individuals evaluated in field trials. They are hybrids between 2 unrelated cross-pollinated populations A and B. I analyse...

10 December 2013 8,157 3 View

What is the effect estimated by GS models when using multiallelic markers ?

When using biallelic markers, the GS models estimate an allele subsitution effect for each marker ("alpha", which is the difference between the average effect of the 2 alleles). When using...

19 June 2013 7,906 0 View

Average effects, substitution effects and GEBV

In genomic selection, the model estimates the substitution effect of each SNP, which is the difference between the average effect of its two alleles. GEBV is then obtained as the sum of the...

19 June 2013 7,491 2 View