WISER: spectral whitening of fixed effects for improved breeding value estimation in structured, unbalanced, and genotype-environment-confounded populations
Laval Julien Jacquin, Walter Guerra, M. Lewandowski, Andrea Patocchi, Marijn Rymenants, Charles-Éric Durel, François N. D. Laurens, María José Aranzana, Lidia Lozano, Tristan Mary‐Huard, Hélène Muranty
WISER improves breeding value estimation by addressing population structure and genotype-environment confounding through spectral whitening, outperforming LS-means and BLUP across multiple species and traits.
bioRxiv · Jul 17, 2025 · PreprintGenetics