PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Deniz Akdemir
AU  - Julio Isidro Sánchez
TI  - Efficient Breeding by Genomic Mating
AID  - 10.1101/039214
DP  - 2016 Jan 01
TA  - bioRxiv
PG  - 039214
4099  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/06/27/039214.short
4100  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/06/27/039214.full
AB  - In this article, we propose an approach to breeding which focuses on mating instead of truncation selection, our method uses genome-wide marker information in a similar fashion to genomic selection so we refer it to as genomic mating. Using concepts of estimated breeding values, risk (usefulness) and inbreeding, an efficient mating approach is formulated for improvement of breeding values in the long run. We have used a genetic algorithm to find solutions to this optimization problem. Results from our simulations point to the efficiency of genomic mating for breeding complex traits compared to truncation selection.