Statistical methodology has played a key role in scientific animal breeding. Approximately
one hundred years of statistical developments in animal breeding are reviewed. Some of the …

The science of genetics is undergoing a paradigm shift. Recent discoveries, including the
activity of retrotransposons, the extent of copy number variations, somatic and chromosomal …

Kin and levels‐of‐selection models are common approaches for modelling social evolution.
Indirect genetic effect (IGE) models represent a different approach, specifying social effects …

Genetic and non-genetic parameters were estimated for early growth traits of Iranian Baluchi
lambs using univariate and multivariate models. The investigated traits were: birth weight …

This commentary argues that the anomalies suffered by the population behavior genetics
paradigm are more widespread than suggested by Charney, including many made in the …

Maternal effects are ubiquitous in nature. In plants, most work has focused on the effects of
maternal environments on offspring trait expression. Less is known about the prevalence of …

ABSTRACT A data set including 57,868 records for calf birth weight (CABW) and 9,462
records for weight at first insemination (IBW) were used for the estimation of direct and …

In this study, maternal effects were described as age of dam at first and second calving, first-
lactation body condition score (BCS) of the dam during gestation, and milk yield of the dam …

The estimation of (co) variance components for multiple traits with maternal genetic effects
was found to be influenced by population structure. Two traits in a closed breeding herd with …

Components of (co) variance and genetic parameters were estimated for adjusted weights at
ages 120 (W120), 240 (W240), 365 (W365) and 450 (W450) days of Polled Nellore cattle …