Genome based mating evaluations

The mating evaluation utilises the complete SNP array data of the animals involved and calculates the similarity of the genomes of the two dogs intended for mating.

A percentage value indicating the degree of similarity is output for the mating examined.

A mating evaluation can be performed as a duo case or across lists of multiple candidates. For example, if you want to match a given female dog with several male dogs, the analysis is performed for each of the possible pairings. The overall result is a ranking of the male dogs matched with the female dog. 

In practice, breeders and breeding associations use two different strategies:

The basic prerequisite is always that the individual inbreeding/diversity values and compatible array data of all breeding animals involved are available.

Strategy 1:

For a female dog to be mated the genomic similarity ranking list of all available males of the population is created.

Males that are suitable based on similarity values are selected and the one that has the desired attributes in the other breeding selection criteria is chosen.

Strategy 2:

For a female dog that is to be mated, a list of suitable males is first compiled based on general breeding selection attributes.
All candidate males are analysed in terms of their genomic similarity with the female.
The breeder decides whether to take the information from the similarity assessment into account in the selection.