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Genomic selection using Bayesian methods

Code: 9781786767813
L. Varona, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain; and S. E. Aggrey and R. Rekaya, University of Georgia, USA

Chapter synopsis: For decades, the method of choice the prediction of breeding values in poultry breeding programs was the Best Linear Unbiased Prediction (BLUP). More recently, genomic selection is quickly becoming the standard tool for genetic evaluation. One of the main challenges in the implementation of genomic selection is that the number of variants, mainly Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs), in the association model are far greater that the number of phenotypic records leading the well know large p, small n problem. Bayesian inference provides powerful tools to circumvent this problem through the assumption of appropriate prior distributions for the unknown parameters in the association model. In this chapter, the most frequently used prior distributions in the implementation of genomic selection using regression models are reviewed. Additionally, Bayesian strategies to accommodate non-additive effects and non-parametric approaches to predict future performance for purebred and crossbred individuals are discussed.

DOI: 10.19103/AS.2020.0065.18
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Table of contents 1 Introduction 2 Genomic selection (GS) 3 Using Bayesian approaches 4 Continuous and discrete mixing of Gaussian distributions 5 Incorporating additional prior information and allowing for linkage disequilibrium and non-additive effects 6 Crossbreeding models 7 Non-parametric approaches 8 Conclusions 9 Where to look for further information 10 References

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