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Relationship between the cumulative difference and best linear unbiased predictor methods of evaluating bulls†

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

R. Thompson
R. Thompson
Affiliation:
Statistical Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, U.S.A. and ARC Unit of Statistics, University of Edinburgh, 19 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LN‡
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Summary

The relationship between two methods of sire evaluation (Bar-Anan and Sacks's cumulative difference method (CD) and Henderson's best linear unbiased predictor method (BLUP)) is shown. This relationship suggests a modification, with more theoretical justification, to the CD method.

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Research Article
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Animal Production , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , August 1976 , pp. 15 - 24
Copyright
Copyright © British Society of Animal Science 1976

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