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Residual network improves the prediction accuracy of genomic selection.

Authors :
Wu H
Gao B
Zhang R
Huang Z
Yin Z
Hu X
Yang CX
Du ZQ
Source :
Animal genetics [Anim Genet] 2024 Aug; Vol. 55 (4), pp. 599-611. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 15.
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

Genetic improvement of complex traits in animal and plant breeding depends on the efficient and accurate estimation of breeding values. Deep learning methods have been shown to be not superior over traditional genomic selection (GS) methods, partially due to the degradation problem (i.e. with the increase of the model depth, the performance of the deeper model deteriorates). Since the deep learning method residual network (ResNet) is designed to solve gradient degradation, we examined its performance and factors related to its prediction accuracy in GS. Here we compared the prediction accuracy of conventional genomic best linear unbiased prediction, Bayesian methods (BayesA, BayesB, BayesC, and Bayesian Lasso), and two deep learning methods, convolutional neural network and ResNet, on three datasets (wheat, simulated and real pig data). ResNet outperformed other methods in both Pearson's correlation coefficient (PCC) and mean squared error (MSE) on the wheat and simulated data. For the pig backfat depth trait, ResNet still had the lowest MSE, whereas Bayesian Lasso had the highest PCC. We further clustered the pig data into four groups and, on one separated group, ResNet had the highest prediction accuracy (both PCC and MSE). Transfer learning was adopted and capable of enhancing the performance of both convolutional neural network and ResNet. Taken together, our findings indicate that ResNet could improve GS prediction accuracy, affected potentially by factors such as the genetic architecture of complex traits, data volume, and heterogeneity.<br /> (© 2024 Stichting International Foundation for Animal Genetics.)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1365-2052
Volume :
55
Issue :
4
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Animal genetics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
38746973
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1111/age.13445