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An expression of mixed animal model equations to account for different means Leopoldo Alfonso Joan Estany àrea de Producci? Animal, Centre UdL-IRTA, 25198 Lleida, Spain (Received 23 July 1998; accepted 28 January 1999) Abstract - This paper presents a general expression to predict breeding values using animal models when the base population is selected, i.e. the means and variances of breeding values in the base generation differ among individuals. Rules for forming the mixed model equations are also presented. A numerical example illustrates the procedure. copy; Inra/Elsevier, Paris