Economic optimization of full-sib test group size and genotyping effort in a breeding program for Atlantic salmon

• Published in: Genetics Selection Evolution
• Main Authors: Janssen, Kasper, Saatkamp, Helmut W., Calus, Mario P. L., Komen, Hans
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2019
• Subjects: [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]; Slaughter; Atlantic salmon
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02281236; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02281236/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02281236/file/12711_2019_Article_491.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12711-019-0491-5

International audience AbstractBackgroundBreeding companies may want to maximize the rate of genetic gain from their breeding program within a limited budget. In salmon breeding programs, full-sibs of selection candidates are subjected to performance tests for traits that cannot be recorded on selec...