Bayesian inference on genetic merit under uncertain paternity.docVIP

Genet. Sel. Evol. 35(2003) 469–487 ?INRA, EDP Sciences, 2003 DOI: 10.1051/gse:2003035 469 Original article Bayesianinferenceongeneticmerit underuncertainpaternity FernandoF.CARDOSO ?,RobertJ.TEMPELMAN DepartmentofAnimalScience,MichiganStateUniversity, EastLansing,MI48824,USA (Received3October2002;accepted3April2003) Abstract– A hierarchical animal model was developed for inference on genetic merit of livestockwithuncertainpaternity.Fullyconditionalposteriordistributionsfor?xedandgenetic effects,variancecomponents,sireassignmentsandtheirprobabilitiesarederivedtofacilitate a Bayesian inferenc