Table 2. Percentage increase in response to recurrent selection, for the unselected population scenario.
CV of the SD of gametic GEBV | ||||
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p | 0.05 | 0.10a | 0.15 | 0.20 |
0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | −0.2 |
0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.4 |
0.05 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 3.2 |
0.01 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 3.1 | 5.8 |
0.005 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 7.1 |
0.001 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 5.2 | 10.8 |
Values are the relative increase (%) in the mean GEBV of selected offspring when parents are selected on Index 5, relative to selection of parents on ordinary GEBV; .
This is the value found in dairy cattle (Segelke et al. 2014).