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Table 1 Levels of investigated factors in the simulated breeding programs

From: Benefits of testing in both bio-secure and production environments in genomic selection breeding programs for commercial broiler chicken

Investigated factors

Levels

Proportion of birds transferred to C (%)

0; 15; 30; 45

Heritability in B environment

0.28

Heritability in C environment

0.15; 0.25; 0.35

Genetic correlation (\(r_{g}\)) between traits measured in B and C

0.5; 0.7; 0.9