Table 6.

Analysis of the Pig dataset with 2929 selection candidates under different combinations of restrictions on the minimum and maximum contributions with respect to genetic gain and optimal number of candidates to select

$Cmin$	$Cmax$	$\mathrm{\Delta }G$ a	Number of selected animalsa
0.0025	–	125.42 (125.39)	62 (68)
0.0050	–	125.34 (125.36)	48 (55)
–	0.01	123.77 (123.76)	102
–	0.02	124.97 (124.90)	84 (86)
–	0.03	125.19 (125.18)	81
–	0.04	125.34 (125.32)	78 (79)
–	0.05	125.37	77
0.0025	0.01	123.754	101
0.0025	0.02	125.05 (124.90)	76 (78)
0.0025	0.03	125.24 (125.18)	71 (73)
0.0025	0.04	125.33 (125.32)	70 (71)
0.0025	0.05	125.37	69
0.0050	0.01	124.97	100
0.0050	0.02	125.05 (124.90)	71
0.0050	0.03	125.24 (125.27)	66 (67)
0.0050	0.04	125.32	62
0.0050	0.05	125.54 (125.36)	56 (58)
0.0090	0.009	122.45 (122.36)	110

$Cmin$ = minimum contribution

$Cmax$ = maximum contribution

$\mathrm{\Delta }F=0.01$

^aIf there was a difference between the two algorithms, the result obtained with Gencont is shown in parentheses