Acta Scientiarum: Animal Sciences (Nov 2011)

<b>Genomic simulation for the study of data transformation efficiency in the genetic evaluation of cattle in the presence of heterogeneity</b> - 10.4025/actascianimsci.v34i1.10664

  • Sebastião Martins Filho,
  • Ricardo Frederico Euclydes,
  • Paulo Luiz Souza Carneiro,
  • Antonio Policarpo Souza Carneiro,
  • Fabyano Fonseca Silva,
  • Paulo Roberto Cecon

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 34, no. 1
pp. 77 – 81

Abstract

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Efficiency of data transformation strategies is evaluated to correct heterogeneity among cattle in the genetic evaluation of bulls, cows and progenies. Four data structures of bovine weaning weights were simulated: herds with and without heterogeneity for means and variances, and herds with and without genetic connectedness. In the genetic evaluations, data were used in the original scale and transformed (Logarithmic, Square root, standardization and ratio by phenotypic standard deviation). The evaluated data transformation strategies were not efficient in eliminating the negative effects of heterogeneity among cattle in the genetic evaluation of bulls, cows and progenies.

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