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Stephen A Barwick1, David J Johnston1, Bradley J Walmsley1
1Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit (AGBU), University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia.
Abstract:
A method is described for deriving the genetic matrix G needed for breeders to select across breeds for any breeding objective. The matrix comprises partitions among selection criteria (G11 ), between selection criteria and the breeding objective traits (G12 ), and among the breeding objective traits (G22 ). A weighting procedure is used to combine the G matrix of individual breeds with known breed differences. Between-breed variances are added to the diagonals of the matrix. Selection across many breeds can be quite different from that across a subset of the breeds. The particular breeds, and the numbers of each breed, that the breeder is prepared to consider in selection changes the genetic matrix and the selection index that should be used.
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