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multiple linear regression 12         schemes 121–122
            phenotype and genetic marker      square matrix 300
                  information 21              survival analysis
            properties 11                         censoring 240–241
            restricted 19–20                      definition 240
            single records, individual and        function 240
                  relatives 14–15                 linear models 241
        single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)    livestock production 240
            chromosome segments 178               non-parametric estimation 245
            DNA sequence variation 177            proportional hazard models
            fixed effect model                       definition 243–244
                animal breeding context 179          exponential distribution 244
                and EDC 180                          Weibull distribution 244–245
                GEBV 182                          random regression models 241–243
                marker effects prediction 181     regression models see regression
                MME 180                                 survival models
                and polygenic effects 180     symmetric matrix 301
                reference animals 181
                steps 179
            mixed linear model                TDY see test day fat yields (TDY)
                GBLUP 184–187                 test day fat yields (TDY) 132
                selection index               threshold model
                      approach 187–188            calving ease score distribution 223
                SNP-BLUP 183–184                  categorical traits 223
        sire model                                and data organization 221–222
            description 46                        functions, normal
            design matrices and MME 47–48               distribution 220–221
            in matrix notation 46                 inverse, pedigree 224
        sire-maternal grandsire (S-MGS) 119–120   iteration, subclass 225–230
        SNPs see single nucleotide                pedigree 223
              polymorphisms (SNPs)                probability, category 229–230
        social interaction                        system of equations 224–225
            animal model                      triangular matrix 300–301
                associative effects 123
                MME 123
                pigs 125–127                  univariate animal model
                residual covariance 124–125       Gibbs sampling output 264–265
            correlated error structure 128–129    joint and full conditional
            DBV and SBV 122–123, 127–128                distributions 262–264
            direct effects 121                    numerical application 265–266
            economic and welfare problems 121     prior distributions 261–262
            food competition 121
            IGE 121
            non-additive components 122       WWG see pre-weaning gain (WWG)













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