The main contribution of molecular genetics is the direct use of DNA information to identify genetically superior individuals. Under this approach, genome-wide selection (GWS) can be used with this purpose. GWS consists in analyzing of a large number of SNP markers widely distributed in the genome, and due to the fact that the number of markers is much larger than the number of genotyped individuals and also to the fact that such markers are highly correlated special statistical methods, like Partial Least Squares (PLS), are widely required. Thus, the aim of this paper was to propose an application of Uni (UPLS) and Multivariate (MPLS) Partial Least Squares regression to GWS of carcass traits in an F2 (Piau × commercial) pig population. The results showed that MPLS method provided most accurate genomic breeding values estimates than univariate method.
genomic selection; dimensionality reduction; multivariate analysis
