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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the simulation schemes

From: Identity-by-descent genomic selection using selective and sparse genotyping

Number of chromosomes

20

Length per chromosome (Morgan)

1.0

Base population

 

Number of generations

5000

Mutation rate, markers

3.0*10-5

Mutation rate, QTL

3.0*10-5

Effective population size

500

Evaluated population

 

Number of generations

3

Genotyped markers per chromosome*

~40

Number of segregating QTL per chromosome*

~240-280

Genetic variance*

0.3

Residual variance

2.7 or 0.7

Heritability*

0.1 or 0.3

Training animals per generation

10,000

Selection candidates per generation

2000

Sires per generation

100

Dams per generation

100

Families per generation

100

Selection candidates per family

20

Training animals per family

100

  1. *From base population generation 5000 (base population in the statistical analyses).