Breeding value estimation with incomplete marker data.docVIP

a Animal Breeding and Genetics Group, Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences, PO Box 338, Wageningen Agricultural University, 6700 Wageningen, the Netherlands Department of Animal Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA b (Received 20 January 1997; accepted 17 November 1997) Abstract - Incomplete marker data prevent application of marker-assisted breeding value estimation using animal model BLUP. We describe a Gibbs sampling approach for Bayesian estimation of breeding values, allowing incomplete information on a single marker that is linked to a quantitative trait loc