expected progeny difference
- expected progeny difference
Abbreviation: EPD
The predicted performance of the future
offspring of an individual for a particular
trait, calculated from measurement(s) of the individual's own performance and/or the performance of one or more of its relatives, for the trait in question and/or for one or more correlated traits. Typically, the prediction is expressed as a
deviation from a well-defined base population, assuming the individual in question is mated to a sample of individuals whose average genetic merit equals that of the base population. The predicted performance of the offspring of the mating between any two individuals is the sum of their EPDs.
Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture .
2015.
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