Table 2 Average genetic variance and average effective population sizes (based on individual increases in inbreeding, N e , and increases in coancestry, N ec ) in the last generation before and after selection of the best 20 % of individuals for six scenarios and a heritability of 0.25
From: Response to selection while maximizing genetic variance in small populations
Scenario | A | B | C | D | E | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Before selection | ||||||
Genetic variance | 0.60 ± 0.00 | 1.96 ± 0.00 | 1.92 ± 0.00 | 1.24 ± 0.01 | 1.22 ± 0.01 | 0.76 ± 0.00 |
N e | 100.33 ± 1.27 | 2.61 ± 0.00 | 3.19 ± 0.13 | 24.29 ± 20.82 | 50.00 ± 0.00 | 193.15 ± 2.30 |
N ec | 100.49 ± 0.88 | 258.60 ± 0.00 | 122.28 ± 3.86 | 111.76 ± 13.72 | 187.79 ± 1.85 | 194.26 ± 0.18 |
After selection | ||||||
Genetic variance | 0.44 ± 0.01 | 0.67 ± 0.04 | 0.63 ± 0.05 | 0.50 ± 0.09 | 0.50 ± 0.08 | 0.56 ± 0.02 |
N e | 71.46 ± 3.03 | 159.82 ± 28.68 | 140.21 ± 26.26 | 91.30 ± 21.58 | 89.07 ± 20.98 | 105.83 ± 5.26 |
N ec | 70.12 ± 2.69 | 151.33 ± 23.85 | 133.66 ± 24.43 | 88.62 ± 20.11 | 86.20 ± 19.24 | 102.66 ± 5.00 |