BookJoel Ira Weller.
Contents:
Historical overview
Types of current genetic markers and genotyping methodologies
Advanced animal breeding programs prior to genomic selection
Economic evaluation of genetic breeding programs
Least squares, maximum likelihood and Bayesian parameter estimation
Trait-based genetic evaluation, the mixed model
Maximum likelihood and Bayesian estimation of QTL parameters with random effects included in the model
Maximum likelihood, restricted maximum likelihood and Bayesian estimation for mixed models
Distribution of genetic effects, theory and results
The multiple comparison problem
Linkage mapping of QTL
Linkage disequilibrium mapping of QTL
Marker assisted selection, basic strategies
Genetic evaluation based on dense marker maps, basic strategies
Genetic evaluation based on analysis of genetic evaluations or daughter-yield evaluations
Genomic evaluation based on analysis of production records
Validation of methods for genomic estimated breeding values
Byproducts of Genomic evaluation analysis: pedigree validation and determination
Imputation of missing genotypes : methodologies, accuracies, and effects on genomic evaluations
Detection and validation of quantitative trait nucleotides (QTN)
Future directions and conclusions.