Genomic Prediction of Additive and Dominant Effects on Wool and Blood Traits in Alpine Merino Sheep.

ABSTRACT: Dominant genetic effects may provide a critical contribution to the total genetic variation of quantitative and complex traits. However, investigations of genome-wide markers to study the genomic prediction (GP) and genetic mechanisms of complex traits generally ignore dominant genetic effects. The increasing availability of genomic datasets and the potential benefits of the inclusion of non-additive genetic effects in GP have recently renewed attention to incorporation of these effects in genomic prediction models. In the present study, data from 498 genotyped Alpine Merino sheep were adopted to estimate the additive and dominant genetic effects of 9 wool and blood traits via two linear models: (1) an additive effect model (MAG) and (2) a model that included both additive and dominant gen

SUBMITTER: Zhu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7686030 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature