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. 2013 Oct 15;45(1):40. doi: 10.1186/1297-9686-45-40

Table 5.

Average annual increase in inbreeding under the scenarios compared, for two breeding goals

Scenario(1) Average annual increase in inbreeding coefficient, %
Relative weights on traits 1 and 2 in the breeding goal(2)
1:1 1:3
BL_ref
+0.84a(0.28)
+1.58a(0.53)
BL_30%
+0.85a(0.26)
+1.48ab(0.43)
BL_50%
+0.85a(0.26)
+1.39bc(0.34)
BL_70%
+0.86a(0.27)
+1.32c(0.33)
BL_90%
+0.88a(0.22)
+1.41bc(0.40)
GE_ref
+0.36b(0.13)
+0.51d(0.23)
GE_80%
+0.39b(0.13)
+0.52d(0.20)
GE_60%
+0.46 (0.16)
+0.58 (0.21)
GE_40%
+0.56 (0.16)
+0.65 (0.20)
GE_20% +0.76 (0.22) +0.84 (0.25)

The results presented are means and (standard deviations) of the 100 replicates; 1see Table 1 for a description of the different breeding scenarios; 2see Table 2 for a description of the breeding goals; within a column: all means differ (p < 0.01) except for values with the same superscripts.