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<blockquote data-quote="Mossy Dell" data-source="post: 1544395" data-attributes="member: 24261"><p>Good points about EPDs. Here are two others.</p><p></p><p>EPDs are about what analysis indicates an animal will <em>pass</em> along. That's partly indicated by the individual's own performance but it's also and perhaps more based on ancestry and what offspring do.</p><p></p><p>Second but related: how are other relatives are performing in other places? </p><p></p><p>Your point about accuracy does addresses these, but I want to highlight. Like anyone who follows them, I have seen EPDs really bounce around. And have had my own good animals get dinged unfairly. </p><p></p><p>Still, the odds favor EPDs as the most accurate predictors of what an animal's offspring will do. Of course that can be addressed and at least somewhat offset by what they're bred to. Reproductive traits are lowly heritable, as I recall, so anyway I can stack the odds I will.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mossy Dell, post: 1544395, member: 24261"] Good points about EPDs. Here are two others. EPDs are about what analysis indicates an animal will [i]pass[/i] along. That's partly indicated by the individual's own performance but it's also and perhaps more based on ancestry and what offspring do. Second but related: how are other relatives are performing in other places? Your point about accuracy does addresses these, but I want to highlight. Like anyone who follows them, I have seen EPDs really bounce around. And have had my own good animals get dinged unfairly. Still, the odds favor EPDs as the most accurate predictors of what an animal's offspring will do. Of course that can be addressed and at least somewhat offset by what they're bred to. Reproductive traits are lowly heritable, as I recall, so anyway I can stack the odds I will. [/QUOTE]
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