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Additional Resources

Textbooks

  • Henderson, C. R. (1984). Applications of Linear Models in Animal Breeding. University of Guelph.
  • Lynch, M., & Walsh, B. (1998). Genetics and Analysis of Quantitative Traits. Sinauer Associates.
  • Mrode, R. A. (2014). Linear Models for the Prediction of Animal Breeding Values (3rd ed.). CABI.
  • Falconer, D. S., & Mackay, T. F. C. (1996). Introduction to Quantitative Genetics (4th ed.). Longman.

Key Papers

Mixed Model Theory

  • Henderson, C. R. (1975). Best linear unbiased estimation and prediction under a selection model. Biometrics, 31(2), 423-447.
  • Robinson, G. K. (1991). That BLUP is a good thing: The estimation of random effects. Statistical Science, 6(1), 15-32.
  • Patterson, H. D., & Thompson, R. (1971). Recovery of inter-block information when block sizes are unequal. Biometrika, 58(3), 545-554.

Non-additive Effects (Ch 16-17)

  • Henderson, C. R. (1985). Best linear unbiased prediction of nonadditive genetic merits in noninbred populations. Journal of Animal Science, 60(1), 111-117. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas1985.601111x
  • Hill, W. G., Goddard, M. E., & Visscher, P. M. (2008). Data and theory point to mainly additive genetic variance for complex traits. PLoS Genetics, 4(2), e1000008. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1000008
  • Hivert, V., Sidorenko, J., Rohart, F., et al. (2021). Estimation of non-additive genetic variance in human complex traits from a large sample of unrelated individuals. The American Journal of Human Genetics, 108(5), 786-798. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.02.014
NoteReference list is incomplete

This page currently holds only references verified against the literature. Chapter-specific references are added as each chapter is drafted; see CHAPTERS.md for the chapters still to be written.

Software and Tools

  • BLUPF90 Family: http://nce.ads.uga.edu/wiki/doku.php
  • ASReml: https://vsni.co.uk/software/asreml-r
  • R Packages:
    • sommer: https://cran.r-project.org/package=sommer
    • pedigreemm: https://cran.r-project.org/package=pedigreemm
    • nadiv: https://cran.r-project.org/package=nadiv
    • MCMCglmm: https://cran.r-project.org/package=MCMCglmm

Online Resources

  • Animal Breeding and Genetics Wiki: http://nce.ads.uga.edu/wiki/
  • Quarto Documentation: https://quarto.org
  • R for Data Science: https://r4ds.had.co.nz/
  • Mixed Models in R: https://m-clark.github.io/mixed-models-with-R/

Datasets and Examples

All datasets used in this book are synthetic and available in the book repository.

Companion Volumes

Genomic selection and large-scale computation are deferred to separate books; see the Scope section on the welcome page.

Citation Style

This book uses the Genetics citation style. For BibTeX entries, see references.bib in the book repository.