10 Maternal Effects Models

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

Separate direct and maternal genetic contributions to a phenotype
Build the MME with correlated direct and maternal genetic effects
Include a maternal permanent environmental effect and justify it
Interpret the direct–maternal genetic correlation and the controversy surrounding it
Compute total maternal and total genetic merit for selection

Assumes Ch 6, Ch 8.

Chapter in progress

This chapter has not been written yet. The objectives above are the contract it will be written against — they are taken from CHAPTERS.md, which is the outline for the whole book.

Purpose. Two correlated genetic effects on one phenotype.

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## Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

1. **Separate** direct and maternal genetic contributions to a phenotype
2. **Build** the MME with correlated direct and maternal genetic effects
3. **Include** a maternal permanent environmental effect and justify it
4. **Interpret** the direct–maternal genetic correlation and the controversy surrounding it
5. **Compute** total maternal and total genetic merit for selection
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*Assumes Ch 6, Ch 8.*

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## Chapter in progress

This chapter has not been written yet. The objectives above are the contract it will be written
against — they are taken from `CHAPTERS.md`, which is the outline for the whole book.

**Purpose.** Two correlated genetic effects on one phenotype.
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