Genomic selection in commercial pig breeding

Genomic selection - Revolutionary breeding practice in

With more and more Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) being identified throughout the genome, some of those SNPs will be found to be located within candidate genes, allowing the researchers to use the candidate gene approach on a genomewide scale. SNPs have some drawbacks but when compared to other markers they are more efficient and SNP consortium is growing to meet the requirements of gen...

Breeding and Genetics: Genomic Selection in Beef

314 Genomic divergence of indicine and taurine cattle identified through high-density SNP genotyping. L. R. Porto-Neto2, T. S. Sonstegard*1, G. Liu1, D. Bickhart3, C. Gondro6, M. V. da Silva4, Y. T. Utsunomiya5, J. F. Garcia5, and C. P. Van Tassell1, 1USDA, ARS, Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, 2University of Queensland, Gatton, Queensland, Australia, 3USDA, ARS, Animal Im...

Genetic Gain and Inbreeding from Genomic Selection in a Simulated Commercial Breeding Program for Perennial Ryegrass.

Genomic selection (GS) provides an attractive option for accelerating genetic gain in perennial ryegrass () improvement given the long cycle times of most current breeding programs. The present study used simulation to investigate the level of genetic gain and inbreeding obtained from GS breeding strategies compared with traditional breeding strategies for key traits (persistency, yield, and fl...

Genomic selection for two traits in a maternal pig breeding scheme.

The objective of this study was to compare different implementations of genomic selection to a conventional maternal pig breeding scheme, when selection was based partly on production traits and partly on maternal traits. A nucleus pig breeding population with size and structure similar to Norwegian Landrace was simulated where equal weight was used for maternal and production traits. To genoty...

Modelling genomic selection schemes in Bavarian pig breeding programs using ZPLAN+