Principles and methods for transferring polygenic risk scores across global populations

L Kachuri, N Chatterjee, J Hirbo, DJ Schaid… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) summarize the genetic predisposition of a complex human trait
or disease and may become a valuable tool for advancing precision medicine. However …

Genomic selection in plant breeding: methods, models, and perspectives

J Crossa, P Pérez-Rodríguez, J Cuevas… - Trends in plant …, 2017 - cell.com
Genomic selection (GS) facilitates the rapid selection of superior genotypes and accelerates
the breeding cycle. In this review, we discuss the history, principles, and basis of GS and …

Polygenic scoring accuracy varies across the genetic ancestry continuum

Y Ding, K Hou, Z Xu, A Pimplaskar, E Petter, K Boulier… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Polygenic scores (PGSs) have limited portability across different groupings of individuals (for
example, by genetic ancestries and/or social determinants of health), preventing their …

Theoretical and empirical quantification of the accuracy of polygenic scores in ancestry divergent populations

Y Wang, J Guo, G Ni, J Yang, PM Visscher… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Polygenic scores (PGS) have been widely used to predict disease risk using variants
identified from genome-wide association studies (GWAS). To date, most GWAS have been …

[HTML][HTML] Breeding schemes for the implementation of genomic selection in wheat (Triticum spp.)

FM Bassi, AR Bentley, G Charmet, R Ortiz, J Crossa - Plant Science, 2016 - Elsevier
In the last decade the breeding technology referred to as 'genomic selection'(GS) has been
implemented in a variety of species, with particular success in animal breeding. Recent …

Training set optimization under population structure in genomic selection

J Isidro, JL Jannink, D Akdemir, J Poland… - Theoretical and applied …, 2015 - Springer
Key message Population structure must be evaluated before optimization of the training set
population. Maximizing the phenotypic variance captured by the training set is important for …

Genomic prediction in animals and plants: simulation of data, validation, reporting, and benchmarking

HD Daetwyler, MPL Calus, R Pong-Wong… - Genetics, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The genomic prediction of phenotypes and breeding values in animals and plants has
developed rapidly into its own research field. Results of genomic prediction studies are often …

Genomic selection and its research progress in aquaculture breeding

H Song, T Dong, X Yan, W Wang, Z Tian… - Reviews in …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Since its introduction in 2001, genomic selection (GS) has progressed rapidly. As a research
and application hot topic, GS has led to a revolution in the field of animal and plant breeding …

Integrated genomic selection for accelerating breeding programs of climate-smart cereals

D Sinha, AK Maurya, G Abdi, M Majeed, R Agarwal… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
Rapidly rising population and climate changes are two critical issues that require immediate
action to achieve sustainable development goals. The rising population is posing increased …

Invited review: overview of new traits and phenotyping strategies in dairy cattle with a focus on functional traits

C Egger-Danner, JB Cole, JE Pryce, N Gengler… - Animal, 2015 - cambridge.org
For several decades, breeding goals in dairy cattle focussed on increased milk production.
However, many functional traits have negative genetic correlations with milk yield, and …