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Table 3. Broad-sense heritability on a family-mean basis (H) and genomic heritability ( $h_{G}^{2}$ ) for each trait in each selection cycle of the WQS selection program and $h_{G}^{2}$ across cycles.

	Silage Yield		Dry Matter		NDF		ADF		IVTD		CP		Starch
Cycle	H	$h_{G}^{2}$	H	$h_{G}^{2}$	H	$h_{G}^{2}$	H	$h_{G}^{2}$	H	$h_{G}^{2}$	H	$h_{G}^{2}$	H	$h_{G}^{2}$
WQS C1	0.43	—^a	0.73	—	0.33	—	—^b	—	0.38	—	0.54	—	0.58	—
WQS C2	0	0	0.71	0.53	0.52	0.04	0.49	0.05	0.52	0.01	0.73	0.57	0.71	0.21
WQS C3	0.59	0.16	0.82	0.42	0.34	0	0.35	0	0.48	0	0.60	0.10	0.66	0.31
WQS C4	0.33	0.06	0.64	0.69	0.41	0	0.41	0	0.59	0.27	0.32	0	0.61	0.81
Across cycles	—	0.11	—	0.42	—	0.01	—	0.06	—	0.02	—	0.23	—	0.18

Not enough individuals were genotyped in cycle 1 to calculate $h_{G}^{2}$ .

ADF was not measured in WQS C1.

Table 3. Broad-sense heritability on a family-mean basis (H) and genomic heritability (hG2) for each trait in each selection cycle of the WQS selection program and hG2 across cycles.