Figure 5.

BLUP|GA for SESQ using 10K SNPs with and without a key large effect SNP. BLUP|GA_EXTRA refers to the results of BLUP|GA for the 10K SNP set with one extra SNP of large effect added. This large effect SNP was found in the 100K and 500K SNP sets, but not in the 10K set. Without the extra SNP, maximum BLUP|GA predictive ability occurred at ω = 0 (i.e., GBLUP) in most CV iterations (left, dark bar). The inclusion of the single extra SNP causes the SNP weighting process to have a highly positive effect on predictive ability, with the vast majority of CV iterations having maximum predictive ability at ω > 0 (right, light bars).