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PrefaceiiiProceeds from the licensing of ASReml are used to support continued developmentto implement new developments in the application of linear mixed models.The developmental version is available to supported licensees via a website uponrequest to VSN. Most users will not need to access the developmental versionunless they are actively involved in testing a new development.AcknowledgementsWe gratefully acknowledge the Grains Research and Development Corporationof Australia for their financial support for our research since 1988. Brian Cullisand Arthur Gilmour wish to thank the NSW Department of Primary Industries,forproviding a stimulating and exciting environment for applied biometricalresearch and consulting. Rothamsted Research receives grant-aided supportfrom the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the UnitedKingdom.We sincerely thank Ari Verbyla, Sue Welham, Dave Butler and Alison Smith, theother members of the ASReml ‘team’. Ari contributed the cubic smoothing splinestechnology, information for the Marker map imputation, on-going testing of thesoftware and numerous helpful discussions and insight. Sue Welham has overseenthe incorporation of the core into Genstat and contributed to the predictfunctionality. Dave Butler has developed the asreml class of functions for S-plusand R. Alison contributed to the development of many of the approaches for theanalysis of multi-section trials. We also thank Ian White for his contributionto the spline methodology, and Simon Harding for the licensing and installationsoftware and for his development of the ASReml-W environment for runningASReml . The Matérn function material was developed with Kathy Haskard, aPhD student with Brian Cullis, and the denominator degrees of freedom materialwas developed with Sharon Nielsen, a Masters student with Brian Cullis.Damian Collins contributed the PREDICT !PLOT material. Greg Dutkowski hascontributed to the extended pedigree options. The asremload.dll functionalityis provided under license to VSN. Alison Kelly has helped with the review of theXFA models. Finally, we especially thank our close associates who continuallytest the enhancements.Arthur Gilmour acknowledges the grace of God through Jesus Christ who enablesthis research to proceed. Be exalted O God, above the heavens: and Thy gloryabove all the earth. Psalm 108:5.