<s>
The	O
BLUPF90	B-Algorithm
family	O
of	O
programs	O
is	O
a	O
statistical	O
software	O
package	O
used	O
in	O
quantitative	O
genetics	O
for	O
animal	O
and	O
plant	O
breeding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
fit	O
mixed	B-General_Concept
models	I-General_Concept
using	O
restricted	O
maximum	O
likelihood	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Gibbs	B-Algorithm
sampling	I-Algorithm
to	O
estimate	O
variance	O
components	O
,	O
and	O
predict	O
breeding	O
values	O
via	O
best	O
linear	O
unbiased	O
prediction	O
(	O
BLUP	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Coded	O
in	O
Fortran	B-Application
,	O
it	O
can	O
perform	O
genomic	O
selection	O
on	O
hundreds	O
of	O
thousands	O
of	O
genotyped	O
individuals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compiled	O
versions	O
of	O
BLUPF90	B-Algorithm
are	O
freely	O
available	O
for	O
research	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
Linux	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
Windows	O
and	O
Mac	O
OS	O
X	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
also	O
exists	O
an	O
add-on	O
to	O
R	B-Language
(	O
programming	O
language	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
