Deep learning (DL) has emerged as a powerful tool to make accurate predictions from complex
data such as image, text, or video. However, its ability to predict phenotypic values from …

Genomic prediction (GP) is the procedure whereby the genetic merits of untested candidates
are predicted using genome wide marker information. Although numerous examples of GP …

Background Gut microbial composition plays an important role in numerous traits, including
immune response. Integration of host genomic information with microbiome data is a natural …

Background The pig gut microbiome harbors thousands of species of archaea, bacteria,
viruses and eukaryotes such as protists and fungi. However, since the majority of published …

… of their corresponding bacteria was calculated with “lm” function from R [28]. The adjusted
R-squared was provided by the lm function and corresponds to the Wherry’s formula [29]. …

Assessing conformation features in an accurate and rapid manner remains a challenge in
the dairy industry. While recent developments in computer vision has greatly improved …

Automatizing phenotype measurement will decisively contribute to increase plant breeding
efficiency. Among phenotypes, morphological traits are relevant in many fruit breeding …

Background Analysis and prediction of complex traits using microbiome data combined with
host genomic information is a topic of utmost interest. However, numerous questions remain …

Background The gut microbiota influences host performance playing a relevant role in
homeostasis and function of the immune system. The aim of the present work was to identify …

Purpose To evaluate relationships of proteomics data, athlete-reported illness, athlete training
distress (TDS), and coaches’ ratings of distress and performance over the course of the …