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1Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
Abstract:
A method of calculating weighted values for objective traits from the phenotypic records of all animals in a population was devised as an alternative to the conventional method of calculating weighted values from a family selection index. The genetic improvement of this method was verified by Monte Carlo computer simulation. A base population consisting of 10 males and 50 females, and five separate generations, other than the base population that had been randomly selected, was bred for two traits with different heritabilities. The breeding values of animals in generation five were estimated using the bivariate BLUP method. The three different weighted values obtained from this method and two conventional methods for estimated breeding values of the objective traits were used to estimate aggregate breeding values for selection. The results showed that selection using weighted values calculated from all animals in a population resulted in a greater response to selection, especially when the genetic correlation between the two traits was positive, than selection using other conventional methods. The use of the method devised in this study was expected to result in a greater genetic improvement than the conventional family selection index method for pig breeding programs applied in closed herds in Japan.
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