Importanceof“connectedness”betweenherdsforeffectiveacrossherdgeneticevaluation

1TheconceptofconnectednessTheterm“connectedness”iscommonlyusedinanimalbreedinginrelationtothegeneticevaluationsandacrossherdcomparisonofesti-matedbreedingvalues.Inthiscontext,connect-ednessisameasureoraccuracyofacrossherde-valuations.Itcanbedescribedasameasureoftherelationshipsbetweenherdsorcontemporarygroupsbasedontheireffectontheaccuracyofcomparingthegeneticvaluesofanimalsfromoneherdorgrouptotheother.Intruestatisticalsense,adatasetiscon...