Genomic and conventional evaluations for fertility traits in pigs

Abstract

The aim of genomic selection (GS) is to predict breeding values with high accuracy for young animals (without own phenotypic record) as early as possible. GS can increase the accuracy of the breeding values at the time point of selection, but often the number of available animals for the reference set within an organization (subpopulation) is the limiting factor. One 1 st CHAPTER GENERAL INTRODUCTION 2 nd CHAPTER Can multi-subpopulation reference sets improve the genomic predictive ability for pigs?