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Table 8 Number of selection candidates with sires, paternal or maternal grandsires that have de-regressed EBV in the training dataset

From: Genomic prediction of breeding values using previously estimated SNP variances

Trait

Scenario

# Sires

# Paternal grandsires

# Maternal grandsires

All1

FULL

729

728

729

Protein

RAN50

405

228

400

 

TOP50

712

670

718

 

BOT50

17

58

11

UD

RAN50

268

331

216

 

TOP50

682

628

705

 

BOT50

47

100

24

SCS

RAN50

295

268

243

 

TOP50

504

467

481

 

BOT50

225

261

248

IFL

RAN50

299

351

234

 

TOP50

273

357

210

 

BOT50

456

371

519

DLO

RAN50

337

348

400

 

TOP50

676

662

649

 

BOT50

53

66

80

LON

RAN50

387

460

557

 

TOP50

676

662

647

 

BOT50

53

66

82

  1. 1Numbers for the FULL scenario are the same for all traits.