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  • Animal Breeding and Genetics
  • Quantitative Genetics
  • Bioinformatics

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  • Single-step genomic best linear unbiased prediction (ssGBLUP) is crucial for dairy cattle breeding.
  • Compatibility between genomic (G) and pedigree (A) relationship matrices is a challenge due to missing pedigree information.
  • Unknown Parent Groups (UPG) and MetaFounders (MF) are common methods to handle incomplete pedigrees.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a novel approach (ssGTBLUP) for fitting MetaFounders (MF) in ssGBLUP using Woodbury matrix identity.
  • To improve the compatibility between G and A matrices by extrapolating the Gamma (Γ) matrix for MF.
  • To evaluate the impact of the enhanced MF approach on genomic estimated breeding value (GEBV) prediction and reliability.

Main Methods:

  • Developed ssGTBLUP to fit an expanded number of MF (148) using a covariance function for the Gamma (Γ) matrix.
  • Utilized 305-day milk, protein, and fat yield data from the DFS Red Dairy cattle population.
  • Compared ssGTBLUP with MF and UPG approaches against traditional Pedigree-BLUP models.

Main Results:

  • The extrapolated Gamma (Γ) matrix (Γ148) improved the correlation between G and A matrices by 0.13 (diagonal) and 0.11 (off-diagonal).
  • ssGTBLUP using MF showed slightly higher prediction reliabilities compared to UPG.
  • The ssGBLUP MF model demonstrated reduced overprediction of GEBVs.

Conclusions:

  • The developed ssGTBLUP approach effectively enhances the G-A matrix compatibility for genomic prediction in dairy cattle.
  • Extrapolation of the Gamma (Γ) matrix for MF offers a viable solution for complex pedigree structures.
  • This method improves GEBV accuracy and reliability, contributing to more effective dairy cattle breeding programs.