Books
Here are a list of books I would recommend for animal breeders.
Open Textbook Library is a great source for books.
Mrode 2023 - Linear Models
Amazon: Mrode 2023
CABI: Mrode 2023
R Examples: Mrode R Code on GitHub
Note: This book may be available from your University library website. I asked the librarian at Iowa State and they got it ordered so I could download a PDF version of this book. Please check first before paying for this book.
Henderson 1984 Book
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Van Vleck 1993 Book
This book is know as “the green book” and has many great aspects to teach young animal breeders.
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Van Vleck Notes
This I believe was an earlier version of the other notes above.
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Schaeffer - Linear Models
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Schaeffer - The Animal Models
Amazon: Schaeffer Animal Models 2019
Legarra - Bases for Genomic Prediction
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BIF Online
Wiki: BIF Wiki
Wageningen Undergrad
Book: WUR Undergrad Book
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Bourdon (Undergrad)
Amazon: Bourdon 1999
Cameron 1997
PDF: Cameron 1997
Weller
Amazon: Weller Book
Cedric Gondro
Amazon: Cedric Gondro GWAS Book
Falconer and Mackay 1995
Amazon: Falconer and Mackay 1995
Walsh and Lynch 2018
2nd edition of the famous Lynch and Walsh (1998) book on quantitative genetics.
Amazon: Walsh and Lynch 2018
Lynch and Walsh 1998
Classic book to learn mathematics associated with quantitative genetics.
Amazon: Lynch and Walsh 1998
Coop Open Source
Here is book I found online that is open sourced (create commons license).
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GitHub: Coop 3rd Edition
Sorensen and Gianola 2002
Amazon: Sorensen and Gianola 2002
Blasco 2017
Amazon: Blasco 2017
The following is a list from Open Textbook Library .
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/introduction-to-statistics
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/459
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/think-stats-probability-and-statistics-for-programmers
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/think-bayes-bayesian-statistics-made-simple
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/intermediate-statistics-with-r
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/statistics-for-research-students
The following is a list from Open Textbook Library .
Linear Algebra
Matrix or linear algebra was introduced to Henderson by Shayle Searle, who was a mathematician.
One of the classic books on Linear Algebra is Shayle Searle’s Matrix Algebra book, here is the first edition.
Amazon: Link to Searle 1st edition.
Amazon: Link to Searle and Khuri 2017.
Amazon: Link to Boyd and Vandenberghe 2018.
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/a-first-course-in-linear-algebra
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/linear-algebra
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/linear-algebra-2016
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/linear-algebra-theory-and-applications
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/a-first-course-in-linear-algebra-2017
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/linear-algebra-with-applications
Probability
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/introduction-to-probability
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/applied-probability
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/introduction-to-probability-2023
Calculus
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/calculus
https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/whitman-calculus