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Genetic Bases of Complex Traits: From Quantitative Trait Loci to Predictions.- Genomic Prediction of Complex Traits, Principles, Overview of Factors Affecting the Reliability of Genomic Prediction, and Algebra of the Reliability.- Building a Calibration Set for Genomic Prediction, Characteristics to be Considered and Optimization Approaches.- Genotyping, the Usefulness of Imputation to Increase SNP Density, Imputation Methods and Tools.- Overview of Genomic Prediction Methods and the Associated Assumptions on the Variance of Marker Effect, and on the Architecture of the Target Trait.- Overview of Major Computer Packages for Genomic Prediction of Complex Traits.- Genome-Enabled Prediction Methods Based on Machine Learning.- Genomic Prediction Methods Accounting for Non-Additive Genetic Effects.- Genome and Environment Based Prediction Models and Methods of Complex Traits Incorporating Genotype × Environment Interaction.- Accounting for Correlation between Traits in Genomic Prediction.- Incorporation of Trait-Specific Genetic Information into Genomic Prediction Models.- Incorporating Omics Data in Genomic Prediction.- Integration of Crop Growth Models and Genomic Prediction.- Phenomic Selection: A New and Efficient Alternative to Genomic Selection.- From Genotype to Phenotype: Polygenic Prediction of Complex Human Traits.- Genomic Prediction of Complex Traits in Animal Breeding with Long Breeding History, The Dairy Cattle Case.- Genomic Selection in Aquaculture Species.- Genomic Prediction of Complex Traits in Perennial Plants: A Case for Forest Trees.- Genomic Prediction of Complex Traits in Forage Plants Species: Perennial Grasses Case.- Genomic Prediction of Complex Traits in an Allogamous Annual Crop: The Case of Maize Single-Cross Hybrids.- Genomic Prediction: Progress and Perspective for Rice Improvement.- Analyzing the Economic Effectiveness of Genomic Selection Relative to Conventional Breeding Approaches.