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Table 1 Number of distinct variants edited over 10 generations of future breeding with different strategies

From: Removal of alleles by genome editing (RAGE) against deleterious load

Strategy

1 edit per sire

5 edits per sire

20 edits per sire

Codominant variants

 Low frequency

179

646

995

 High frequency

9

45

184

 Random order

34

133

431

Recessive variants

 Low frequency

175

685

1111

 High frequency

9

45

186

 Random order

37

148

467

 Deficiency of homozygotes

21

71

217

 Intermediate frequency

45

144

392

  1. The numbers are averages across 50 replicates