2.17.2 DEPRECATED pin() does not work with asreml version 4 (should still work with asreml version 3 model objects) nadiv will not support this in the future as asreml v4 has vpredict() NEW proLik4(), essentially the same as proLik(), but works on asreml v4 proLik() is kept to retain compatibility with asreml v3 model objects makeM() creates mutational effects relatedness matrix M directly can be used with brms/JAGS etc. that require relatedness matrices (not their inverse) in mixed models Small changes fixed deprecated use of Matrix non-virtual subclasses addresses issues with Matrix 1.4-2 and specifically >=1.5-0 new c++ routine to calculate coefficients of inbreeding and D of Cholesky decomposed A matrix follows Meuwissen and Luo's (1992) algorithm standardizes this code and consolidates to 1 location, instead of being spread out as copies in several other places