Genetic selection in pigs through BLUP was very successful. However, strong selection mainly on growth and number of born alive decreased fitness and reduced environmental changes that animals can tolerate especially ...Genetic selection in pigs through BLUP was very successful. However, strong selection mainly on growth and number of born alive decreased fitness and reduced environmental changes that animals can tolerate especially under suboptimal environments. Additional challenges are genetic differences between purebreds (selected animals) and crossbreds (commercial animals), and possibly different environments for these groups of animals. A successful genetic selection at this time requires comprehensive data for all levels of the pyramid, multitrait models for a variety of traits including categorical and survival, and software that can implement complicated models while supporting large data sets. Many projects in pig genetic evaluation are carried out at the University of Georgia. Those studies are supported by software family called BGF90.展开更多
文摘Genetic selection in pigs through BLUP was very successful. However, strong selection mainly on growth and number of born alive decreased fitness and reduced environmental changes that animals can tolerate especially under suboptimal environments. Additional challenges are genetic differences between purebreds (selected animals) and crossbreds (commercial animals), and possibly different environments for these groups of animals. A successful genetic selection at this time requires comprehensive data for all levels of the pyramid, multitrait models for a variety of traits including categorical and survival, and software that can implement complicated models while supporting large data sets. Many projects in pig genetic evaluation are carried out at the University of Georgia. Those studies are supported by software family called BGF90.
