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Record W4416213261 · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0334239

Obscured-ensemble models for genomic prediction

2025· article· en· W4416213261 on OpenAlexafffund
Rounak Saha, Amir Morshedian, Jia Lin Sun, Robert W. Duncan, Michael Domaratzki

Bibliographic record

VenuePLoS ONE · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
TopicGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
Canadian institutionsUniversity of ManitobaWestern University
FundersNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
KeywordsEnsemble learningSet (abstract data type)Ensemble forecastingPopulationSelection (genetic algorithm)Feature (linguistics)Feature selectionGenomic selection

Abstract

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Genomic Prediction (GP) uses dense whole-genome marker sets from lines of a crop to predict agronomic traits for untested genotypes. In recent years, deep learning (DL) approaches for genomic prediction have demonstrated state-of-the-art results. However, substantial variation exists in DL outcomes for GP as the success of DL is dependent on the architecture of the model used, as well as the amount of data available and the population structure of the individuals in the training set. In this paper, we consider an obscured model for GP, where the model is not provided with genomic content. The obscured model was intended to evaluate the possibility of so-called shortcut learning in GP.We conclude that we can perform GP using the obscured model with only 20% of the obscured markers from each reference genotype. This selective feature usage significantly enhances the efficiency of our model without compromising accuracy. By eliminating markers, we demonstrate that the model is not relying on linkage to perform shortcut learning. Further, we consider a deep learning ensemble method for genomic prediction based on the obscured model. The ensemble model we develop here shows success as a method for GP by using the similarity to each of the elements of a training set of genotypes, as well as the performance of the genotypes. We evaluate the obscured ensemble model for GP. We demonstrate that the obscured ensemble model is successful even with a limited number of genotypes used for prediction. Further, random selection of a subset of genotypes is sufficient to ensure successful performance.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.002
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.005
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: Simulation or modeling
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.007
Threshold uncertainty score0.014

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0020.005
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.001
Bibliometrics0.0010.001
Science and technology studies0.0000.001
Scholarly communication0.0010.001
Open science0.0020.001
Research integrity0.0010.002
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.030
GPT teacher head0.226
Teacher spread0.196 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designSimulation or modeling
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2025
Admission routes2
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