USING PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION TO DETERMINE VARIABLE IMPORTANCE IN EXPECTED GENETIC GAIN IN OPEN NUCLEUS BREEDING SCHEME TO IMPROVE MILK PRODUCTION IN EGYPTIAN BUFFALO

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Sameh Abdel-Salam ¹
• Mohamed A. Ibrahim ²
• Manal El-Sayed ³
• Samy Abo Bakr ⁴

¹ Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University

² Department of Animal production, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

³ Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

⁴ Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt,

Keywords

• Open nucleus breeding scheme
• genetic gain
• simulation
• PLS
• Egyptian