Table 4.

Average and ranges of genomic estimated breeding values (GEBVs) for different genomic selection targets and variable selection criteria for the three evaluated traits.

Genomic selection target	Genomic Selection approach	VOL	WD	PY
All selection candidates		0.22 (-0.67 – 1.17)	0.30 (-0.39 – 0.95)	0.46 (0.17 – 0.83)
Individual-tree GS	11% top-ranked (n = 90)	0.70 (0.63 – 0.83)	0.82 (0.72 – 0.95)	0.79 (0.63 – 1.17)
	11% bottom-ranked (n = 90)	0.26 (0.17 – 0.30)	-0.20 (-0.39 – -0.02)	-0.40 (-0.67 – -0.28)
	Multiple-trait index selected	0.52 (0.26 – 0.83)	0.62 (0.34 – 0.88)	0.71 (0.07 – 1.17)
	Equal size random sample	0.44 (0.20 – 0.75)	0.30 (-0.37 – 0.84)	0.20 (-0.56 – 1.13)
Individual-tree within-family GS	11% top-ranked (n = 90)	0.67 (0.55 – 0.83)	0.77 (0.53 – 0.95)	0.71 (0.46 – 1.17)
	11% bottom-ranked (n = 90)	0.26 (0.17 – 0.32)	-0.12 (-0.39 – 0.12)	-0.36 (-0.67 – -0.20)
	Multiple-trait index selected	0.53 (0.31 – 0.83)	0.58 (0.34 – 0.88)	0.63 (0.07 – 1.17)
	Equal size random sample	0.45 (0.20 – 0.72)	0.36 (-0.33 – 0.94)	-0.06 (-0.56 – 0.50)
Between-family GS	19% top-ranked (n = 10)	0.66 (0.58 – 0.75)	0.75 (0.59 – 0.86)	0.67 (0.57 – 1.06)
	19% bottom-ranked (n =10)	0.29 (0.23 – 0.34)	-0.08 (-0.28 – 0.10)	-0.34 (-0.53 – -0.21)
	Multiple-trait index selected	0.51 (0.31 – 0.75)	0.55 (0.34 – 0.81)	0.60 (0.13 – 1.06)
	Equal size random sample	0.43 (0.28 – 0.68)	0.45 (0.18 – 0.81)	0.34 (-0.31 – 1.06)

See text for details.