Advances in Statistical Methods for Genetic Improvement of Livestock

Developments in statistics and computing as well as their application to genetic improvement of livesk gained momentum over the last 20 years. This text reviews and consolidates the statistical foundations of animal breeding. This text will prove useful as a reference source to animal breeders, quantitative geneticists and statisticians working in these areas. It will also serve as a text in graduate courses in animal breeding methodology with prerequisite courses in linear models, statisti...