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Quantifying genomic connectedness and prediction accuracy from additive and non-additive gene actions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Genetic connectedness is classically used as an indication of the risk associated with breeding value comparisons across management units because genetic evaluations based on best linear unbiased prediction rely for their success on sufficient linkage among different units. In the whole-genome prediction era, the concept of genetic connectedness can be extended to measure a connectedness level between reference and validation sets. However, little is known regarding (1) the impact of non-additive gene action on genomic connectedness measures and (2) the relationship between the estimated level of connectedness and prediction accuracy in the presence of non-additive genetic variation.

Results

We evaluated the extent to which non-additive kernel relationship matrices increase measures of connectedness and investigated its relationship with prediction accuracy in the cross-validation framework using best linear unbiased prediction and coefficients of determination. Simulated data assuming additive, dominance, and epistatic gene action scenarios and real swine data were analyzed. We found that the joint use of additive and non-additive genomic kernel relationship matrices or non-parametric relationship matrices led to increased capturing of connectedness, up to 25%, and improved prediction accuracies compared to those of baseline additive relationship counterparts in the presence of non-additive gene action.

Conclusions

Our findings showed that connectedness metrics can be extended to incorporate non-additive genetic variation of complex traits. Use of kernel relationship matrices designed to capture non-additive gene action increased measures of connectedness and improved whole-genome prediction accuracy, further broadening the scope of genomic connectedness studies.

SUBMITTER: Momen M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6142710 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Quantifying genomic connectedness and prediction accuracy from additive and non-additive gene actions.

Momen Mehdi M Morota Gota G

Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE 20180917 1

<h4>Background</h4>Genetic connectedness is classically used as an indication of the risk associated with breeding value comparisons across management units because genetic evaluations based on best linear unbiased prediction rely for their success on sufficient linkage among different units. In the whole-genome prediction era, the concept of genetic connectedness can be extended to measure a connectedness level between reference and validation sets. However, little is known regarding (1) the im ...[more]

PMID: 30223766

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Project description:The magnitude of connectedness among management units (e.g., flocks and herds) gives a reliable estimate of genetic evaluation across these units. Traditionally, pedigree-based methods have been used to evaluate the genetic connectedness in China. However, these methods have not been able to yield a substantial outcome due to the lack of accuracy and integrity of pedigree data. Therefore, it is necessary to ascertain genetic connectedness using genomic information (i.e., genome-based genetic connectedness). Moreover, the effects of various levels of genome-based genetic connectedness on the accuracy of genomic prediction still remain poorly understood. A simulation study was performed to evaluate the genome-based genetic connectedness across herds by applying prediction error variance of difference (PEVD), coefficient of determination (CD) and prediction error correlation (r). Genomic estimated breeding values (GEBV) were predicted using a GBLUP model from a single and joint reference population. Overall, a continued increase in CD and r with a corresponding decrease in PEVD was observed as the number of common sires varies from 0 to 19 regardless of heritability levels, indicating increasing genetic connectedness between herds. Higher heritability tends to obtain stronger genetic connectedness. Compared to pedigree information, genomic relatedness inferred from genomic information increased the estimates of genetic connectedness across herds. Genomic prediction using the joint versus single reference population increased the accuracy of genomic prediction by 25% and lower heritability benefited more. Moreover, the largest benefits were observed as the number of common sires equals 0, and the gain of accuracy decreased as the number of common sires increased. We confirmed that genome-based genetic connectedness enhanced the estimates of genetic connectedness across management units. Additionally, using the combined reference population substantially increased accuracy of genomic prediction. However, care should be taken when combining reference data for closely related populations, which may give less reliable prediction results.

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Quantifying genomic connectedness and prediction accuracy from additive and non-additive gene actions.

Background

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Conclusions

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Quantifying genomic connectedness and prediction accuracy from additive and non-additive gene actions.

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