Truncation selection
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Truncation selection
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In animal and plant breeding, truncation selection is a standard method in selective breeding in selecting animals to be bred for the next generation. Animals are ranked by their phenotypic value on some trait such as milk production, and the top percentage is reproduced. The effects of truncation selection for a continuous trait can be modeled by the standard breeder's equation by using heritability and truncated normal distributions. On a binary trait, it can be modeled easily using the liabil
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Method of selection in selective breeding
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truncation_selection
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2021-07-02T17:04:52Z
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