Artigo
Unraveling additive from nonadditive effects using genomic relationship matrices
Autor
Resende, Marcos Deon Vilela
Muñoz, Patricio R.
Resende, Marcio F. R.
Gezan, Salvador A.
Campos, Gustavo de los
Kirst, Matias
Huber, Dudley
Peter, Gary F.
Institución
Resumen
The application of quantitative genetics in plant and animal breeding has largely focused on additive models, which may
also capture dominance and epistatic effects. Partitioning genetic variance into its additive and nonadditive components using
pedigree-based models (P-genomic best linear unbiased predictor) (P-BLUP) is difficult with most commonly available family structures.
However, the availability of dense panels of molecular markers makes possible the use of additive- and dominance-realized genomic
relationships for the estimation of variance components and the prediction of genetic values (G-BLUP). We evaluated height data from
a multifamily population of the tree species Pinus taeda with a systematic series of models accounting for additive, dominance, and
first-order epistatic interactions (additive by additive, dominance by dominance, and additive by dominance), using either pedigree- or
marker-based information. We show that, compared with the pedigree, use of realized genomic relationships in marker-based models
yields a substantially more precise separation of additive and nonadditive components of genetic variance. We conclude that the
marker-based relationship matrices in a model including additive and nonadditive effects performed better, improving breeding value
prediction. Moreover, our results suggest that, for tree height in this population, the additive and nonadditive components of genetic
variance are similar in magnitude. This novel result improves our current understanding of the genetic control and architecture of
a quantitative trait and should be considered when developing breeding strategies.