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Canonical-correlation analysis applied to selection-index methodology in quails
Marubayashi Hidalgo, A.; Pinheiro da Silva, L.; REIS MOTA, Rodrigo et al.
2014In Livestock Science, 169 (C), p. 35-41
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Keywords :
Coturnix coturnix japonica; Genetic gain; Multivariate analysis; Coturnix coturnix; Coturnix japonica
Abstract :
[en] Genetic evaluations in dual-purpose quails (Coturnix coturnix) have demonstrated that overall genetic gains in a breeding program are achieved not only based on a specific trait, but on several. The most common technique to use all this information is the selection index. Another alternative may be the canonical-correlation analysis applied to selection index. There is, however, a lack of studies using canonical correlation in quails. Hence, the objectives of this study were to apply canonical-correlation analysis to estimate the relationship of nine traits and to compare genetic gains obtained by this methodology to desired-gain selection index in three lines of quails. Data for three lines of layer quails consisted of body weight at 28 days (W28), egg weight (EW), age at first egg (AFE) and egg production at 30, 60, 90, 120, 150 and 180 days after onset of lay. Two sets of traits were established: the first one contained predictor variables (W28, EW and AFE) and the second one contained variables related to egg production. A selection index was constructed using the standardized coefficients of canonical covariates as weighting factors when a given canonical correlation was significant. We constructed two desired-gain selection indices: DG-SI1 and DG-SI2. The difference between them is that DG-SI2 had a desired gain for body weight set to 0. The estimated canonical correlations were as follows: 0.811, 0.058 and 0.003 for the yellow, 0.821, 0.181 and 0.076 for the red, and 0.825, 0.117 and 0.038 for the blue line. Only the first pair of canonical variates was significant (P<0.05). AFE and early stages of egg production were very influent and showed great importance in defining the canonical variates and, consequently, the estimated canonical correlations. All lines had, in general, similar results for the canonical analysis indicating that traits that drive management decisions in these lines would be the same. The indices under study showed differences in response to selection; however, they generally resulted in consistent favorable genetic gains. For all lines, the canonical selection index resulted in the lowest AFE and highest egg production at 30 days. The DG-SI1 showed the highest genetic gains for W28 in all lines. There was a general lower genetic gain of other traits for DG-SI1 at the expense of the desired genetic gain for W28. Selection for AFE, according to the canonical-correlation analysis, would have a great impact on the number of eggs produced. Canonical selection index is a good alternative for a desired-gain selection index. © 2014 Elsevier B.V.
Disciplines :
Genetics & genetic processes
Agriculture & agronomy
Animal production & animal husbandry
Author, co-author :
Marubayashi Hidalgo, A.;  Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands, Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
Pinheiro da Silva, L.;  Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil
REIS MOTA, Rodrigo ;  Université de Liège > Agronomie, Bio-ingénierie et Chimie (AgroBioChem) > Ingénierie des productions animales et nutrition
Nunes Martins, E.;  Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Dois Vizinhos, Brazil
Language :
English
Title :
Canonical-correlation analysis applied to selection-index methodology in quails
Publication date :
2014
Journal title :
Livestock Science
ISSN :
1871-1413
eISSN :
1878-0490
Publisher :
Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Volume :
169
Issue :
C
Pages :
35-41
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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