Fig. 5

Average empirical and predicted accuracies of estimated breeding values in an accumulating reference population and breeding program with random selection (Random; broken lines) or selection on genomic estimated breeding values (Select; solid lines) of 10 males and 120 females per generation. Results are based on 50 replicates for 1-generation reference populations of generation 5 through 9 for different reference data sizes (\(N\)), heritabilities (\({h}^{2}\)), and numbers of sires and dams used for breeding. Predicted accuracies are based on the Fisher information (green) or selection index (Index; yellow) approach