On the estimation of genetic parameters via variance components 英文参考文献.docVIP

M. SCHNEEBERGER * Lehrstuhl fiir Tierzucht der TU Miinchen, D-8050 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany of Animal Production, Swiss Federal Institut of Technology, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland Institut ** Herd Book Office for Swiss Braunvieh, CH-6300 Zug, Switzerland dairy cattle breeding scheme. The methods were ENDERSON HS’ method III, models Variance components have been estimated by three methods using two different but overlapping a of grouping sires were considered. For all methods, the exact variances of the estimators were calculated for given true variance components and assuming normality of the data. As a byproduct, REML were obtained. A short discussion of the interpretation of the two estimated variance components is given for the two statistical models taking selection into A concise description is given of the three estimation methods employed. For a relatively H simple model, it is shown that they use different weighting factors for combining means and The new method proposed by (1980) has two possible disadvantages, namely fewer degrees of freedom for estimating the variance and one deriving from the relationship with the method of contemporary comparison. From this limited investigation, it is concluded that, in situations where the method might be employed, these disadvantages may not be of great importance. The numerical results of the estimation with the two statistical models lie reasonably well HErtDEttsoN’s method III in favour of the ratio of the error component to the sire variance component was used in the estimation. As expected, the new method was often inferior to MINQUE but it always retained a surprisingly high efficiency relative to MINQUE for the estimation of the additive genetic variance and the H heritability. It is concluded that in situations where MINQUE is very difficult impossible to or compute, the new method appears to be a useful alternative. Key-words : Efficiency, variance com