Genotype-assisted optimum contribution selection to maximize selection response over a specified time period

journal selection policy and the contribution of iranian researchers in international journals as specified in isi

the first part of this article deals with isi’s journal selection policy. describing the importance of evaluation process as well as determining the status of iran in knowledge production in the areas of arts, humanities, social sciences, sciences, etc. and comparing it with the articles published throughout the world between 1993-2000 are the next two parts of this article. the results indicat...

Genomic Selection Improves Response to Selection in Resilience by Exploiting Genotype by Environment Interactions

Genotype by environment interactions (GxE) are very common in livestock and hamper genetic improvement. On the other hand, GxE is a source of genetic variation: genetic variation in response to environment, e.g., environmental perturbations such as heat stress or disease. In livestock breeding, there is tendency to ignore GxE because of increased complexity of models for genetic evaluations and...

Period Selection for Minimal Hyper-period in Real-Time Systems

Task period and deadline selection are often used to adjust the workload to the available computational resources. This paper presents a method for adjusting the periods of the tasks which obtains the minimal hyper-period. Task periods are modelled as a range of possible periods. The selected periods are not constrained to be natural numbers, but can also be rational numbers. Without this limit...

OPTIMUM SELECTION AND SCALING OF ACCELEROGRAMS REQUIRED IN TIME HISTORY ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL STRUCTURES

There is room for selection in a small local pig breed when using optimum contribution selection: a simulation study.

Selection progress must be carefully balanced against the conservation of genetic variation in small populations of local breeds. Well-defined breeding programs with specified selection traits are rare in local pig breeds. Given the small population size, the focus is often on the management of genetic diversity. However, in local breeds, optimum contribution selection can be applied to control...