The genetic connectedness calculated from genomic information and its effect on the accuracy of genomic prediction.
The magnitude of connectedness among management units (e.g., flocks and herds) gives a reliable estimate of genetic evaluation across these units. Traditionally, pedigree-based methods have been used to evaluate the genetic connectedness in China. However, these methods have not been able to yield a...
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| author | Suo-Yu Zhang Babatunde Shittu Olasege Deng-Ying Liu Qi-Shan Wang Yu-Chun Pan Pei-Pei Ma |
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| description | The magnitude of connectedness among management units (e.g., flocks and herds) gives a reliable estimate of genetic evaluation across these units. Traditionally, pedigree-based methods have been used to evaluate the genetic connectedness in China. However, these methods have not been able to yield a substantial outcome due to the lack of accuracy and integrity of pedigree data. Therefore, it is necessary to ascertain genetic connectedness using genomic information (i.e., genome-based genetic connectedness). Moreover, the effects of various levels of genome-based genetic connectedness on the accuracy of genomic prediction still remain poorly understood. A simulation study was performed to evaluate the genome-based genetic connectedness across herds by applying prediction error variance of difference (PEVD), coefficient of determination (CD) and prediction error correlation (r). Genomic estimated breeding values (GEBV) were predicted using a GBLUP model from a single and joint reference population. Overall, a continued increase in CD and r with a corresponding decrease in PEVD was observed as the number of common sires varies from 0 to 19 regardless of heritability levels, indicating increasing genetic connectedness between herds. Higher heritability tends to obtain stronger genetic connectedness. Compared to pedigree information, genomic relatedness inferred from genomic information increased the estimates of genetic connectedness across herds. Genomic prediction using the joint versus single reference population increased the accuracy of genomic prediction by 25% and lower heritability benefited more. Moreover, the largest benefits were observed as the number of common sires equals 0, and the gain of accuracy decreased as the number of common sires increased. We confirmed that genome-based genetic connectedness enhanced the estimates of genetic connectedness across management units. Additionally, using the combined reference population substantially increased accuracy of genomic prediction. However, care should be taken when combining reference data for closely related populations, which may give less reliable prediction results. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2849e9f9c57b43f7a56531f6acd9feee2025-08-20T02:54:47ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032018-01-01137e020140010.1371/journal.pone.0201400The genetic connectedness calculated from genomic information and its effect on the accuracy of genomic prediction.Suo-Yu ZhangBabatunde Shittu OlasegeDeng-Ying LiuQi-Shan WangYu-Chun PanPei-Pei MaThe magnitude of connectedness among management units (e.g., flocks and herds) gives a reliable estimate of genetic evaluation across these units. Traditionally, pedigree-based methods have been used to evaluate the genetic connectedness in China. However, these methods have not been able to yield a substantial outcome due to the lack of accuracy and integrity of pedigree data. Therefore, it is necessary to ascertain genetic connectedness using genomic information (i.e., genome-based genetic connectedness). Moreover, the effects of various levels of genome-based genetic connectedness on the accuracy of genomic prediction still remain poorly understood. A simulation study was performed to evaluate the genome-based genetic connectedness across herds by applying prediction error variance of difference (PEVD), coefficient of determination (CD) and prediction error correlation (r). Genomic estimated breeding values (GEBV) were predicted using a GBLUP model from a single and joint reference population. Overall, a continued increase in CD and r with a corresponding decrease in PEVD was observed as the number of common sires varies from 0 to 19 regardless of heritability levels, indicating increasing genetic connectedness between herds. Higher heritability tends to obtain stronger genetic connectedness. Compared to pedigree information, genomic relatedness inferred from genomic information increased the estimates of genetic connectedness across herds. Genomic prediction using the joint versus single reference population increased the accuracy of genomic prediction by 25% and lower heritability benefited more. Moreover, the largest benefits were observed as the number of common sires equals 0, and the gain of accuracy decreased as the number of common sires increased. We confirmed that genome-based genetic connectedness enhanced the estimates of genetic connectedness across management units. Additionally, using the combined reference population substantially increased accuracy of genomic prediction. However, care should be taken when combining reference data for closely related populations, which may give less reliable prediction results.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0201400&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Suo-Yu Zhang Babatunde Shittu Olasege Deng-Ying Liu Qi-Shan Wang Yu-Chun Pan Pei-Pei Ma The genetic connectedness calculated from genomic information and its effect on the accuracy of genomic prediction. PLoS ONE |
| title | The genetic connectedness calculated from genomic information and its effect on the accuracy of genomic prediction. |
| title_full | The genetic connectedness calculated from genomic information and its effect on the accuracy of genomic prediction. |
| title_fullStr | The genetic connectedness calculated from genomic information and its effect on the accuracy of genomic prediction. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The genetic connectedness calculated from genomic information and its effect on the accuracy of genomic prediction. |
| title_short | The genetic connectedness calculated from genomic information and its effect on the accuracy of genomic prediction. |
| title_sort | genetic connectedness calculated from genomic information and its effect on the accuracy of genomic prediction |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0201400&type=printable |
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