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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
57
Citations
15227
World Ranking
401
National Ranking
143

Best Publications

  • Hot topic: a unified approach to utilize phenotypic, full pedigree, and genomic information for genetic evaluation of Holstein final score.

    I. Aguilar;I. Misztal;D.L. Johnson;Andres Legarra

  • A relationship matrix including full pedigree and genomic information

    A. Legarra;I. Aguilar;I. Misztal

  • Predicting Quantitative Traits With Regression Models for Dense Molecular Markers and Pedigree

    Gustavo de los Campos;Hugo Naya;Daniel Gianola;José Crossa

  • Computing procedures for genetic evaluation including phenotypic, full pedigree, and genomic information

    I. Misztal;Andres Legarra;Ignacio Aguilar

  • Genome-wide association mapping including phenotypes from relatives without genotypes.

    H. Wang;I. Misztal;I. Aguilar;A. Legarra

  • Performance of Genomic Selection in Mice

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  • Bias in genomic predictions for populations under selection.

    Z. G. Vitezica;I. Aguilar;I. Misztal;A. Legarra

  • On the Additive and Dominant Variance and Covariance of Individuals Within the Genomic Selection Scope

    Zulma G. Vitezica;Luis Varona;Andres Legarra

  • Single Step, a general approach for genomic selection

    Andres Legarra;Ole Fredslund Christensen;Ignacio Aguilar;Ignacy Misztal

  • Semi-parametric estimates of population accuracy and bias of predictions of breeding values and future phenotypes using the LR method.

    Andres Legarra;Antonio Reverter

  • Genome-wide association mapping including phenotypes from relatives without genotypes in a single-step (ssGWAS) for 6-week body weight in broiler chickens.

    Huiyu Wang;Ignacy Misztal;Ignacio Aguilar;Andres Legarra

  • Using recursion to compute the inverse of the genomic relationship matrix

    I Misztal;Andres Legarra;I Aguilar

  • Non-additive Effects in Genomic Selection

    Luis Varona;Andres Legarra;Miguel A Toro;Zulma G Vitezica

  • Efficient computation of the genomic relationship matrix and other matrices used in single-step evaluation.

    I. Aguilar;I. Misztal;Andres Legarra;S. Tsuruta

  • Genetic evaluation using single-step genomic best linear unbiased predictor in American Angus.

    D. A. L. Lourenco;S. Tsuruta;B. O. Fragomeni;Y. Masuda

  • Sequence- vs. chip-assisted genomic selection: accurate biological information is advised

    Miguel Pérez-Enciso;Miguel Pérez-Enciso;Juan C Rincón;Juan C Rincón;Andrés Legarra

  • Orthogonal Estimates of Variances for Additive, Dominance, and Epistatic Effects in Populations.

    Zulma G Vitezica;Zulma G Vitezica;Andrés Legarra;Miguel A Toro;Luis Varona

  • Ancestral Relationships Using Metafounders: Finite Ancestral Populations and Across Population Relationships

    Andres Legarra;Ole F Christensen;Zulma G Vitezica;Ignacio Aguilar

  • Improved Lasso for genomic selection.

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  • Frequentist p-values for large-scale-single step genome-wide association, with an application to birth weight in American Angus cattle

    Ignacio Aguilar;Andres Legarra;Fernando Cardoso;Fernando Cardoso;Yutaka Masuda

Frequent Co-Authors

Ignacy Misztal
Ignacy Misztal University of Georgia
Daniela Lourenco
Daniela Lourenco University of Georgia
Yutaka Masuda
Yutaka Masuda Rakuno Gakuen University
Luis Varona
Luis Varona University of Zaragoza
Antonio Reverter
Antonio Reverter Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Miguel Pérez-Enciso
Miguel Pérez-Enciso Autonomous University of Barcelona
Miguel A. Toro
Miguel A. Toro Technical University of Madrid
Hélène Gilbert
Hélène Gilbert Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Vincent Ducrocq
Vincent Ducrocq University of Paris-Saclay
Paul M. VanRaden
Paul M. VanRaden United States Department of Agriculture

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