Linear Selection Indices in Modern Plant Breeding / by J. Jesus Céron-Rojas, José Crossa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Céron-Rojas, J. Jesus., Author.

Crossa, José., Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biometry.

Plant biotechnology.

Genetics.

Biostatistics.

Plant Biotechnology.

Genetics and Genomics.

Local Subjects:

Biostatistics.

Plant Biotechnology.

Genetics and Genomics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XXII, 256 p. 45 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2018.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This open access book focuses on the linear selection index (LSI) theory and its statistical properties. It addresses the single-stage LSI theory by assuming that economic weights are fixed and known - or fixed, but unknown - to predict the net genetic merit in the phenotypic, marker and genomic context. Further, it shows how to combine the LSI theory with the independent culling method to develop the multistage selection index theory. The final two chapters present simulation results and SAS and R codes, respectively, to estimate the parameters and make selections using some of the LSIs described. It is essential reading for plant quantitative geneticists, but is also a valuable resource for animal breeders.

Contents:

General introduction

The linear phenotypic selection index theory

Constrained linear phenotypic selection indices

Linear marker and genomic selection indices

Linear genomic selection indices

Constrained linear genomic selection indices

Linear phenotypic eigen selection index methods

Linear molecular and genomic eigen selection index methods

Multistage linear selection indices

Stochastic simulation of four linear phenotypic selection indices

RIndSel: Selection indices with R.

ISBN:

3-319-91223-2

OCLC:

1055826092