[HTML][HTML] Invited review: Unknown-parent groups and metafounders in single-step genomic BLUP

Y Masuda, PM VanRaden, S Tsuruta… - Journal of Dairy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Single-step genomic BLUP (ssGBLUP) is a method for genomic prediction that integrates
matrices of pedigree (A) and genomic (G) relationships into a single unified additive …

Pharmacological modulators of tau aggregation and spreading

A Dominguez-Meijide, E Vasili, TF Outeiro - Brain Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Tauopathies are neurodegenerative disorders characterized by the deposition of
aggregates composed of abnormal tau protein in the brain. Additionally, misfolded forms of …

AGHmatrix: genetic relationship matrices in R

RR Amadeu, AAF Garcia, PR Munoz… - Bioinformatics, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Motivation The resemble between relatives computed from pedigree and genomic data is an
important resource for geneticists and ecologists, who are interested in understanding how …

Optimizing genomic selection for blight resistance in American chestnut backcross populations: A trade‐off with American chestnut ancestry implies resistance is …

JW Westbrook, Q Zhang, MK Mandal… - Evolutionary …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
American chestnut was once a foundation species of eastern North American forests, but
was rendered functionally extinct in the early 20th century by an exotic fungal blight …

[HTML][HTML] Application of single-step genomic evaluation using multiple-trait random regression test-day models in dairy cattle

HR Oliveira, DAL Lourenco, Y Masuda, I Misztal… - Journal of dairy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Test-day traits are important for genetic evaluation in dairy cattle and are better modeled by
multiple-trait random regression models (RRM). The reliability and bias of genomic …

Fine-tuning genomic and pedigree inbreeding rates in equine population with a deep and reliable stud book: The case of the Pura Raza Espanola horse

DI Perdomo-González, N Laseca… - Journal of animal …, 2022 - Springer
Background Estimating inbreeding, which is omnipresent and inevitable in livestock
populations, is a primary goal for management and animal breeding especially for those …

Parsimonious genotype by environment interaction covariance models for cassava (Manihot esculenta)

MA Bakare, SI Kayondo, CI Aghogho… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The assessment of cassava clones across multiple environments is often carried out at the
uniform yield trial, a late evaluation stage, before variety release. This is to assess the …

Comparison of models for missing pedigree in single-step genomic prediction

Y Masuda, S Tsuruta, M Bermann… - Journal of Animal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Pedigree information is often missing for some animals in a breeding program. Unknown-
parent groups (UPGs) are assigned to the missing parents to avoid biased genetic …

[HTML][HTML] Genomic studies of milk-related traits in water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) based on single-step genomic best linear unbiased prediction and random regression …

SF Lázaro, H Tonhati, HR Oliveira, AA Silva… - Journal of Dairy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Genomic selection has been widely implemented in many livestock breeding programs, but
it remains incipient in buffalo. Therefore, this study aimed to (1) estimate variance …

Comparing alternative single-step GBLUP approaches and training population designs for genomic evaluation of crossbred animals

AB Alvarenga, R Veroneze, HR Oliveira… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
As crossbreeding is extensively used in some livestock species, we aimed to evaluate the
performance of single-step GBLUP (ssGBLUP) and weighted ssGBLUP (WssGBLUP) …