Estimation of genetic parameters for the implementation of selective breeding in commercial insect production

Table 1 Number of families for each of the three replicate populations

Replicate	Matings		Eggs		Offspring
Replicate	Sires	Dams	Sires	Dams	Sires	Dams
A	36	180	34	94	28	74
B	39	195	36	107	29	83
C	19	95	19	55	17	43
Total	94	470	89	256^a	74	200^b

The number of families (sires = half-sib families, dams = full-sib families) for each step of the experiment; matings, successful ovipositions (eggs) and viable offspring (offspring) and for each replicate population (n = 3)
^a2.86 dams per sire on average (not counting matings with zero egg-laying females)
^b2.70 dams per sire on average (not counting matings with zero offspring-producing females)

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