Meta-análise de parâmetros genéticos de características de crescimento em bovinos de corte sob enfoques clássico e Bayesiano. / Meta-analysis of genetic parameters of growth traits on beef cattle under classic and bayesian approach.

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2004

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The increasing volume of research publications as a consequence of scientific development and eventually with divergent conclusions obtained in different studies about the same subject are the two main motivations for compiling the information of these works. Statistical procedures, particularly the meta-analysis, were developed in order to obtain a unique and realistic answer from a set of published results. In the field of animal breeding there is a large amount of research work on heritability estimates for growth traits in beef cattle. A total of 186 articles was found in literature, reporting 869 direct heritability estimates, 186 maternal heritability estimates and 123 direct-maternal genetic correlation for birth weight, weaning weight, weight at 365 and at 550 days of age in zebu beef cattle. Based on this data set, meta-analysis, under Classic and Bayesian approaches, were performed in order to obtain a pooled estimate of those genetic parameters for each trait. Regarding the Classic approach, the meta-analysis were performed using a random effect model, where two estimators, the Restricted Maximum Likelihood and the one proposed by DerSimonian &Laird were used to evaluate the variance between studies. Also, it was performed a meta-analysis using the method of cluster analysis of Ward to group the estimates. Under the Bayesian approach, the meta-analysis was performed using a hierarchical model and the variances between the studies, were obtained by simulation using the proposed model. The pooled estimates for direct heritabilities ranged from 0.18 to 0.33 for the different groups composed by the cluster analysis. The lower values were obtained for weaning weight and higher values were obtained for weight at 550 days of age. The pooled estimates for maternal heritabilities were 0.09 for birth weight, 0.13 for weaning weight, 0.12 for weight at 365 days of age and 0.05 for weight at 550 days of age. The pooled estimates for direct-maternal genetic correlations were -0.16 for birth weight, weaning weight and weight at 550 days of age and -0.20 for weight at 365 days of age. The three methods, Restricted Maximum likelihood, the estimator proposed by DerSimonian &Laird and the Bayesian, used to estimate the variance between studies lead to different values, the greater ones obtained by Bayesian method and the lower by DerSimonian &Laird. In general, pooled estimates values for direct heritabilities, obtained by those three estimators, were very close. Meta-analysis is recommended as a statistical procedure to compare and combine results from different studies in order to obtain pooled values of direct and maternal heritabilities and direct-maternal genetic correlations of growth traits of beef cattle.

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beef cattle bayesian inference (statistical inference) inferência-bayesiana (inferência estatística) parâmetro genético genetic animal breeding melhoramento genético animal bovino de corte genetic parameter

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