Table 2 Genetic gain from year 5 to 20 in settings with controlled and uncontrolled mating for different correlations between direct and maternal effects (\(r_{md}\)) and various sizes of breeding and passive populations
From: The importance of controlled mating in honeybee breeding
| Â | Contr. mating | Uncontrolled mating | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | 0 PQ | 500 PQ | 1000 PQ | 2000 PQ | \(\infty\) PQ | |
\(r_{md}=-\,0.53\) | ||||||
 500 BQ | 4.68 | 2.31 | 1.37 | 1.07 | 0.74 | 0.07 |
 1000 BQ | 4.92 | 2.32 | 1.71 | 1.40 | 1.03 | 0.07 |
 2000 BQ | 5.08 | 2.34 | 1.98 | 1.72 | 1.40 | 0.08 |
\(r_{md}=-\,0.88\) | ||||||
 500 BQ | 1.79 | 0.56 | 0.32 | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.02 |
 1000 BQ | 2.04 | 0.56 | 0.41 | 0.32 | 0.25 | 0.02 |
 2000 BQ | 2.19 | 0.56 | 0.47 | 0.40 | 0.33 | 0.02 |