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Technical note: Automatic scaling in single-step genomic BLUP.

M Bermann¹, D Lourenco¹, I Misztal¹

¹Department of Animal and Dairy Science, University of Georgia, Athens, 30602.

Journal of Dairy Science

|December 14, 2020

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Single-step genomic BLUP (ssGBLUP) requires compatible relationship matrices for accurate predictions. Automatic scaling methods were evaluated, showing that while generally effective, they can introduce bias, particularly when the mean is a fixed effect.

Area of Science:

Animal Breeding and Genetics
Quantitative Genetics
Genomic Prediction

Background:

Single-step genomic best linear unbiased prediction (ssGBLUP) integrates genomic and pedigree data for enhanced prediction accuracy.
Compatibility between genomic and pedigree relationship matrices is crucial for unbiased predictions in ssGBLUP.
Current methods for ensuring compatibility, like scaling the genomic relationship matrix, can increase computational burden.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate an 'automatic' scaling method for ssGBLUP using Quaas-Pollak transformation.
To compare the bias, accuracy, and dispersion of automatic scaling against traditional scaling and no scaling methods.
To investigate the impact of different allele frequency calculations on scaling effectiveness.

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Keywords:

compatibility between genomic matrices genomic selection scaling

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Implemented automatic scaling in ssGBLUP by transforming the inverse of the combined relationship matrix (H).
Utilized a simulated dataset with genomic relationship matrices computed using realized, equal, or base population allele frequencies.
Assessed prediction performance by calculating bias, accuracy, and dispersion of genomic estimated breeding values (GEBV) against true breeding values (TBV).

Main Results:

Unscaled predictions showed significant bias (0.58–0.86), while scaling by averages reduced bias substantially (0.03–0.08).
Automatic scaling resulted in moderate bias (0.18) irrespective of allele frequencies.
Accuracies were similar across scaling methods, but unscaled predictions were less accurate. GEBV inflation was reduced by both scaling methods.

Conclusions:

Automatic scaling offers a computationally efficient alternative but can introduce bias, especially when the mean breeding value is a fixed effect.
Scaling by averages or treating the mean as random yields less biased predictions compared to automatic scaling.
The choice of scaling method impacts prediction bias in ssGBLUP, with implications for genomic evaluation accuracy.