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Table 3 Genetic gain compared to selection based on breeding values

From: Improving selection decisions with mating information by accounting for Mendelian sampling variances looking two generations ahead

 

Conventional genetic gain

Commercial genetic gain

gen 1

gen 5

gen 21

gen 1

gen 5

gen 21

BV

0

0

0

0

0

0

ExpBVSelOff

− 3.0

1.4

3.3

1.3

2.9

3.7

ProbSelOff

− 2.8

1.2

3.3

1.2

2.9

3.7

Index5

− 2.3

1.8

2.8

1.6

3.1

3.1

ExpBVSelGrOff

− 7.2

2.2

4.6

1.0

5.8

5.7

ProbSelGrOff

− 4.5

2.2

4.7

2.1

4.9

5.6

  1. Additional genetic gain compared to selection based on breeding values in percentage; calculated as \(100\%\left(\frac{{\overline{BV} }_{criterion\_gen21}-{\overline{BV} }_{gen0}}{{\overline{BV} }_{BV\_gen21}-{\overline{BV} }_{gen0}}\right)-100\%\)
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Genetics Selection Evolution

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