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. 2019 Dec 12;51:74. doi: 10.1186/s12711-019-0518-y

Table 2.

Genetic gain from year 5 to 20 in settings with controlled and uncontrolled mating for different correlations between direct and maternal effects (rmd) and various sizes of breeding and passive populations

Contr. mating Uncontrolled mating
0 PQ 500 PQ 1000 PQ 2000 PQ PQ
rmd=-0.53
 500 BQ 4.68 2.31 1.37 1.07 0.74 0.07
 1000 BQ 4.92 2.32 1.71 1.40 1.03 0.07
 2000 BQ 5.08 2.34 1.98 1.72 1.40 0.08
rmd=-0.88
 500 BQ 1.79 0.56 0.32 0.24 0.19 0.02
 1000 BQ 2.04 0.56 0.41 0.32 0.25 0.02
 2000 BQ 2.19 0.56 0.47 0.40 0.33 0.02

Numbers for controlled mating are averages over simulation outcomes for all positive values of Ns