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Improved equation ordering for GRM models Miscellaneous bug fixes and improved coding checks.

Form GRM matrix from marker (.grr) file as per ASReml code including Additive, Dominance and A*A, A*D and D*D relationship matrices. A Revised GBLUP and QTL document in Resources section discusses most of the GBLUP and QTL options in ASReml and/or Echidna Fixed bug calculating […]

<pedigree file> !SAVE fix error in writing .aif file <GRM file> !HINV <filename> added !HSKIP qualifierFixed bug processing !CYCLE 1:10

Every good gift is ultimately from God through Jesus Christ.Do not neglect to thank Him. I wish you His grace and peace in 2023. The main fix in build 1.73 is in fitting the model term xfa1(Loc).Geno.xfa1(Year) Remember to update every six months at least. […]

Inserted response variable name and CYCLESTR in .evp file.Improved parsing of !CYCLE

Three files added to the resources page: Numerator Relationship matrix, Ruduced Animal Model and notes from my recent invited talk to the Australsian Applied Stats meeting held at Inverloch, Victoria. Program changes:Echidna can get start values from an .msv file (written by ASReml)Fixed !CYCLE 1:5 […]

Fixed bug in R script generated with !RML qualifier. Use harveyESS=read.csv(“harvey.ess”,header=T,strip.white=T) to read in the .ess file.

HANDLE SOME LARGE PREDICTS BETTERVarious bug fixes

Fixed bug fitting multivariate model when no records have all traits present.Added !AISING qualifier to better manage singularities n the AI matrix. Thank-you to those users who find issues with Echidna and let me know. Arthur

Fixed bug limiting pedigree to 400000 individualsAdd !SGIV qualifier to PEDIGREE file line