Genetic Evaluation Software
Software for running genetic evaluations and predicting breeding values
MiXBLUP
Jan ten Napel, Jeremie Vandenplas (Wageningen)
Built on Mix99. More affordable than other options. Cannot estimate variance components, only run evaluations with pre-estimated parameters.
BLUPF90
Ignacy Misztal (UGA)
Also used for running genetic evaluations. Requires license for iteration on data. Long running software used by many companies.
BOLT
Dan Garrick, Dorian Garrick, Bruce Golden
GPU accelerated software for extremely high performance and/or large scale genetic evaluations and breeding value prediction. Utilised in multiple very large multi-country and multi-breed implementations.
Mix99
Finland
Base software for MiXBLUP. Solves large mixed model equations efficiently.
PEST
Deprecated software for pedigree analysis and genetic evaluations.
This software is no longer maintained