Comparison of methods for deriving phenotypes from incomplete observation data with an application to age at puberty in dairy cattle - Stephen, Melissa A.; Burke, Chris R.; Pryce, Jennie E.; Steele, Nicole M.; Amer, Peter R.; Meier, Susanne; Phyn, Claire V. C.; Garrick, Dorian J. (Journal of animal science and biotechnology, 2023)
Keywords: Age; Agriculture; Animal breeding; Animal Genetics and Genomics; Animal Physiology; Animals; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biotechnology; Blood plasma; Cattle; Continuity (mathematics); crossbreds; Dairy cattle; Data augmentation; Data reduction; Food Science; Genetic crosses; Genotype & phenotype; Gibbs sampler; Heritability; Holstein; Intervals; Jersey; Life Sciences; Life span; longevity; Lower bounds; Markov-chain Monte Carlo (MCMC); Methods; New Zealand; Offspring; Parameter estimation; Pasture; phenotype; Phenotypes; Phenotyping; Plasma; progeny; Progesterone; Puberty; Reproductive status; sires; Statistical analysis; Time dependence; Upper bounds; variance; New Zealand; Gibbs sampler; Puberty; Cattle; Markov-chain Monte Carlo (MCMC); Markov-chain Monte Carlo(MCMC)