To cite the sommer package in publications use:

G C (2016). “Genome assisted prediction of quantitative traits using the R package sommer.” PLoS ONE, 11, 1-15.

G C (2018). “Software update: Moving the R package sommer to multivariate mixed models for genome-assisted prediction.” biorxv, –, –.

Corresponding BibTeX entries:

  @Article{,
    title = {Genome assisted prediction of quantitative traits using
      the R package sommer},
    author = {Covarrubias-Pazaran G},
    journal = {PLoS ONE},
    year = {2016},
    volume = {11},
    pages = {1-15},
  }

  @Article{,
    title = {Software update: Moving the R package sommer to
      multivariate mixed models for genome-assisted prediction},
    author = {Covarrubias-Pazaran G},
    journal = {biorxv},
    year = {2018},
    volume = {--},
    pages = {--},
  }