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Fig. 3 | Genetics Selection Evolution

Fig. 3

From: A comprehensive study on size and definition of the core group in the proven and young algorithm for single-step GBLUP

Fig. 3

Hierarchical clustering of genomic estimated breeding values obtained from different core definitions for average daily gain in nursery. Core size was equal to the number of largest eigenvalues explaining 99% of the variation in the genomic relationship matrix. MPA: most popular animals, both parents known and with own performance record; Rnd: a random subset of animals is sampled from all genotyped animals; Ped: animals were evenly selected from the pedigree sorted in genealogical order; Fam: from each full sib family, one progeny was allowed to be in the core group; Unrel: unrelated animals based on the genomic relationship were assigned to the core group; LPM: males with both parents known, without progeny, and without own performance records were used as core; LPF: females with both parents known, without progeny and own performance records were used as core; QR: animals selected based on a QR decomposition of the gene content matrix

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