Use this population- or quantitative-genetics calculation when genotype counts, variance components, pedigree relationships, and ploidy follow the definitions assumed by the tool.

Reliability

Reliability of the breeding value estimate.

The implementation follows this calculation rule: Convert an estimated breeding value reliability into the accuracy correlation as the square root of the reliability.

Accuracy correlation

The calculated accuracy correlation.

Allele frequencies and genetic parameters describe the sampled population and model. Population structure, relatedness, selection, genotyping error, non-random mating, environmental covariance, and omitted variance components can bias interpretation. The output is explicitly an estimate or proxy; preserve that label when reporting it.

Inspect genotype counts and Hardy–Weinberg diagnostics, or fit a pedigree/genomic mixed model when individual records are available. Confidence intervals and replication across populations are more informative than a point estimate alone.

• Breeding Value EBV

  Estimate an individual breeding value as heritability times the signed phenotype deviation from the population mean.

• GEBV Blend

  Blend a genomic estimated breeding value and a pedigree estimated breeding value using a weighted average.

• HW Chi-Square

  Compute a chi-square statistic comparing observed genotype counts against Hardy-Weinberg expectations derived from an allele frequency.