GENETIC EVALUATION PROGRAMS 
                    FOR PC DEVELOPED AT UGA 
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I.   General purpose Reduced Animal Model BLUP program:

     This program (GRAMBLUP) is designed to estimate breeding
     values using an iteration on the data technique.  It is a
     multiple trait analysis (maximum 3), allowing for multiple
     fixed effects (maximum 99), multiple random effects (maximum
     99), multiple continuous effects (maximum 99) and multiple
     genetic effects (maximum 6).  This program will handle the
     repeated record situation, if needed.  It is written in
     C++/Assembly languages and used in compiled form.  It outputs
     solutions for all effects in the model plus the inbreeding
     value.  It requires a minimum of 640K RAM and will address up
     to 4GB of RAM.  It will run under DOS or UNIX or OS2 operating
     systems.  For a dataset of 200,000 animals for 2 traits using
     a model which includes 2 fixed effects, 1 direct effect, 1
     maternal effect and 1 random effect for each trait, run on a
     P60 computer, the total time to obtain the solutions is 45
     minutes.  A control file allows for changes in input format,
     output files, variance components, convergence criteria, model
     components, maximum rounds of iteration and an option for
     autoscaling.  This program also automatically checks for any
     pedigree errors and outputs any found into a separate file.

II.  Accuracy estimation program:

     This program (ACCURACY) is designed to estimate the accuracy
     of the breeding value estimates for the animals in large
     datasets.  It has the flexibility described in the GRAMBLUP
     program.  It is written in the same languages and is designed
     to operate in the same environments as the GRAMBLUP program. 
     
III. Data preparation program:

     This program (PREPARE) is designed to read in unedited data,
     edit the data on user-imposed conditions, adjust the data (if
     desired) and create new variables (if desired).  It will
     output the resulting data and a separate file of records that
     did not meet the user-imposed conditions.  It has user-defined
     input and output formats.  It is written in the same languages
     as GRAMBLUP and is designed to operate in the same
     environments.  The time to prepare the 200,000 animal dataset
     listed in GRAMBLUP is approximately 5 minutes.
IV.  Data renumbering program:

     This program (ALTERDAT) is designed to read pedigree
     information, consecutively renumber the animal in such a way
     that the parent animals always have a smaller id than the
     progeny.  It also has user-defined input and output formats. 
     It is written in the same languages as GRAMBLUP and is
     designed to operate in the same environments.  It will also
     number other variables if desired.  It will also check the
     pedigree information for any errors and outputs these into a
     separate file.  The time to renumber the 200,000 animal
     dataset listed in GRAMBLUP is approximately 5 minutes.  This
     program is a part of the GRAMBLUP program.