Genetic Modeling of Dyadic Behavioral Traits: Implications for Estimation and Interpretation of Variance Components

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2026
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Abstract
Studying the genomic control of dyadic social interactions is gaining traction in animal genetics. However, genetic modeling of social interactions poses several challenges, one of which is whether social interactions should be treated as dyadic traits or as aggregated traits at the individual level. In this study, we systematically compared two approaches: dyadic models using dyadic traits and marginal models using marginally aggregated traits and we derived the algebraic relationships between their variance components. In the application, we used a published dataset on post-mixing aggression in pigs, including both directed and undirected aggression records collected during the 9-hour period after mixing among 797 finishing pigs in 59 social groups, as an example to show how model choice can affect variance estimation. Results showed that dyadic models can estimate genetic effects and permanent environmental effects by exploiting repeated dyadic interaction records, thereby enabling a more complete understanding of the sources of variation underlying social interactions. In contrast, marginal models can bias the estimation and interpretation of genetic components, as the aggregated genetic variance may be confounded with other variance components due to the aggregation of dyadic traits. Marginal models may also lead to overestimation of social group and residual variance. These results can provide useful guidance for choosing appropriate modeling strategies for social interaction traits.
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Authors Xiaohan Jiang, Janice M. Siegford, Juan Pedro Steibel
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Journal current genetics
Year 2026
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10.1093/genetics/iyag266
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https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyag266
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