Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of the simulation scheme
| Chromosomes | 20 |
| Length/chromosome (M) | 1.0 |
| Base population | |
| Generations | 5000 |
| Mutation rate, markers | 3.0*10−5 |
| Mutation rate, QTL | 3.0*10−5 |
| Eff. pop. size | 500 |
| Final population | |
| Generations | 3 |
| Chosen markers/chromosome* | ~40 |
| Segregating QTL/chromosome | ~240-280 |
| Genetic variance* | 0.3 |
| Residual variance | 0.7 |
| Heritability* | 0.3 |
| Training animals/generation | 10 000 |
| Selection candidates/generation | 2000 |
| Sires/generation | 100 |
| Dams/generation | 100 |
| Families/generation | 100 |
| Selection candidates/family | 20 |
| Training animals/family | 100 |
*From base population generation 5000 (base population in the statistical analyses).