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  • Animal Genetics
  • Quantitative Genetics
  • Statistical Genetics

Background:

  • Time-dependent traits often have censored phenotypes, limiting precise measurement.
  • Censorship balances measurement costs and animal welfare in large-scale phenotyping.
  • Accurate genetic evaluation requires robust methods for handling censored data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate a data augmentation approach for analyzing censored phenotypes.
  • To quantify the impact of phenotype censorship on heritability estimation.
  • To assess the effect of censorship on breeding value predictions.

Main Methods:

  • Simulated uncensored "age at puberty" phenotypes for a population of 5,000 animals.
  • Introduced varying degrees of left, interval, and right censorship to create test phenotypes.
  • Applied a data augmentation approach to analyze censored and uncensored data.

Main Results:

  • Heritability estimates were robust to phenotype censorship.
  • Breeding value predictions showed remarkable resilience to censored data.
  • The data augmentation method proved effective for censored trait analysis.

Conclusions:

  • Data augmentation is a viable strategy for genetic evaluation with censored time-dependent traits.
  • Phenotype censorship has minimal negative impact on heritability and breeding value estimation using this method.
  • Infrequent repeated measures can be feasible for data collection, reducing costs in genetic evaluations.