Metafounders are related to F st fixation indices and reduce bias in single-step genomic evaluations.

Carolina A Garcia-BaccinoAndres LegarraOle F ChristensenIgnacy Misztal Ivan Pocrnic Zulma G Vitezica Rodolfo Juan Carlos Cantet

Published in: Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE (2017)

Estimation of metafounder relationships can be achieved using BLUP-like methods with pedigree and markers. Inclusion of metafounder relationships reduces bias of genomic predictions with no loss in accuracy.

Keyphrases

copy number
minimally invasive
genome wide