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Table 2 Standardized long-term genetic gain after one, 15 and 40 generations of unweighted genomic selection, as percentage of the total achievable genotypic value (with fixation of all favourable alleles) R s , and rate of inbreeding ΔF in the first 10 generations

From: Upweighting rare favourable alleles increases long-term genetic gain in genomic selection programs

Scenario

Selection criteria

R s (%)

ΔF

 

G 1

G 15

G 40

G 0 -G 10

nQTL = 100

RR

3.74a

43.43b

45.74b

0.060a

 

BL

3.26b

46.09a

51.06a

0.050b

nQTL = 400

RR

1.83c

23.35d

26.04d

0.063a

 

BL

1.77c

25.94c

31.03c

0.052b

nQTL = 2000

RR

0.81d

11.00f

12.59f

0.063a

 

BL

0.82d

12.35e

15.45e

0.052b

  1. The standard errors for all the means are < 0.85%; different superscripts in the same column show significant differences (p < 0.05).