Genetics Selection Evolution

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The impact of genetic relationship information on genomic breeding values in German Holstein cattle

David Habier1*, Jens Tetens1, Franz-Reinhold Seefried2, Peter Lichtner3 and Georg Thaller1

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1 Institute of Animal Breeding and Husbandry, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, Olshausenstrasse 40, 24098 Kiel, Germany

2 Vereinigte Informationssysteme Tierhaltung w.V., Heideweg 1, 27283 Verden/Aller, Germany

3 Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany

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Genetics Selection Evolution 2010, 42:5 doi:10.1186/1297-9686-42-5

Published: 19 February 2010

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Accuracy of GEBVs in case of linkage equilibrium and unrelated training individuals. This is a pdf file used to demonstrate that the accuracy of GEBVs approaches the accuracy of pedigree-based BLUP in case of linkage equilibrium.

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