... use of non-additive QTL enables
selection for crossbred performance based on purebred data. Compared to
Crossbred selection on QTL 299
Table I. Summary of notation used for the model of selection ... identification of quantitative trait loci
(QTL) for many traits of interest in livestock. The strategic use of non-additive
QTL in pure-line selection allo...
... outperformed
classical and semi-quantitative PCR methods in terms of
accuracy, reproducibility, safety and convenience for the
precise monitoring of viral load in clinical material, as
well as for ... 3 of 5
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10.04), corresponding to the results of the Bestkeeper and
the GeNorm tool.
Discussion
To date, it is generally accepted, that the s...
... high
heritability of weight at one year of age, and of course the high phenotypic
coefficient of variation of weight when compared to that of length. A larger
heritability for weight than for length is, ... method for selecting fish 647
Figure 1. Relative response to within group selection (Rw) and mass selection (Ri),
with groups from 10 sires and d dams, h
2
= 0.25, fo...
...
response
than
down
selection,
similar
to
the
higher
selection
differential
of
the
up
selection
group.
Estimates
of
realized
heritability
(selection
response /selection
differential) ... t
0.03
for
up
selection,
down
selection
and
simultaneous
bidirectional
selection.
Correlated
response
of height
and
length
Data
on
height
and
length
of
proge...
... graduates, and attrition of
workforce staff. We model, using Excel (Office, Microsoft; 2007), the effects of changes in these variables on the
projected number of doctors, clinical officers, nurses ... workforce for each cadre
based on the annual inflows and outflows of each cadre in
the public sector health workforce. The annual number of
staff leaving the workforce includes...
... occur. The proof of Theorem 1.5 is
complete.
3. Quenching Rates
In this section, we deal with the all possible quenching rates in model 1.1.
Proof of Theorem 1.7. Under the condition of Theorem ... t
1/q
2
1
as t −→ T.
3.2
The proof of Theorem 1.7 is complete.
Proof of Theorem 1.8. i Assume that the quenching of problem 1.1 is simultaneous with
p
2
>p
1
1,q
1...
...
were
checked
using
a
simulation
program
with
2 000
replications
for
a
given
set
of
parameters.
For
each
set
of
simulations,
the
procedure
was
as
follows.
For
each
strain, ...
kth
offspring
of
the
jth
sire
of
the
ith
strain,
our
model
is:
where
IS
is
an
s
by
s
unit
matrix
and
Js
an
s by
s
matrix
with
all
elements
unity.
Therefo...
...
performance of their evaluation method.
(Step 3)
4. How to combine the manual scores of the
pooled summaries? Kazawa et al. calculated
the score of a summary as a weighted linear
sum of ... Kazawa’s method was evaluated using
“Precision,” which calculates the percentage of
cases where the order of the manual method of
the two summaries matches the order of their
r...
...
to
three
of
the
four
pathways
of
selection:
dams
of
bulls;
sires
of
bulls;
and
sires
of
cows.
Independent
culling
level
selection -
dairy
cattle -
multistage
selection - ...
These
dams
of
bulls
are
mated
to
sires
of
bulls
(SB)
of
generation
g.
2)
The
sons
of
these
cows
are
progeny
tested.
Sires
of
cows
(SC)
and
sires
of
bulls...
...
reduction
in
the
size
of
the
system
of
equations.
Non-parental
MQTL
effects
are
ex-
pressed
as
a
linear
function
of
parental
MQTL
effects
using
marker
information
and
the
recombination ...
matrix
F
relates
the
additive
effects
of
the
MQTL
of
non-
parents
to
the
additive
effects
of
the
MQTL
of
parents
and
s
is
the
vector
with
elemen...