Publication: Genomic Selection in U.S. Dairy Cattle
Written by CDCB
September 09, 2022
Frontiers in Genetics published a review by George Wiggans and José Carrillo on September 9, 2022: Genomic Selection in U.S. Dairy Cattle. This review describes the specific impacts and future opportunities around genomic selection. Topics in the paper include:
- Characteristics of genomic evaluation system in the United States
- Traits evaluated
- Genetic-economic indices
- Evaluation calculation features
- Pedigree validation and discovery
- Mating decisions
- Methods to increase evaluation accuracy
- More traits
- Larger reference population
- Better and more data