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Table 1 Summary of scenarios with respect to heritability, number of QTL (nQTL) and initial variance contributed by each QTL σ qtl 2

From: Allele frequency changes due to hitch-hiking in genomic selection programs

Scenarios

Heritability

nQTL

σ qtl 2 *

4QTL_h5 †

0.05

4

1.25e-2

4QTL_h25

0.25

4

6.25e-3

40QTL_h5

0.05

40

1.25e-3

40QTL_h25

0.25

40

6.25e-4

100QTL_h5

0.05

100

1.25e-4

100QTL_h25

0.25

100

6.25e-5

  1. *Each QTL was assumed to contribute equal variance; †scenarios are represented by xQTL_hy where x is the number of QTL and y is the value of heritability multiplied by 100.