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Table 3 Estimates of additive genetic variance (\(\sigma_{{\mathbf{a}}}^{2}\)) and residual variance (\(\sigma_{{\mathbf{e}}}^{2}\)) (mean over 100 replicates ± standard deviation) estimated from individual records and from group records

From: Optimized grouping to increase accuracy of prediction of breeding values based on group records in genomic selection breeding programs

Records

Model

\(\sigma_{{\mathbf{a}}}^{2}\) (SD)

\(\sigma_{{\mathbf{e}}}^{2}\) (SD)

Simulated parameters

 

0.30

0.70

Individual records

GBLUPi

0.300 (0.030)

0.698 (0.022)

Group records from supervised clustering method based on genomic relationships

GBLUPgr

0.302 (0.042)

0.691 (0.048)

Group records from unsupervised clustering method based on genotypes

GBLUPgr

0.301 (0.043)

0.693 (0.050)

Group records from random grouping of full-sibs

GBLUPgr

0.298 (0.045)

0.695 (0.052)

Group records from random grouping of paternal half-sibs

GBLUPgr

0.301 (0.062)

0.695 (0.050)

  1. Models GBLUPi and GBLUPgr are GBLUP model for individual records and group records, respectively. SD is standard deviations over 100 replicates