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Table 1 Scenarios based on choosing different phases of phenotypes for variance component estimation and average statistics of simulated datasets over 5 replicates

From: Bias in estimates of variance components in populations undergoing genomic selection: a simulation study

 

Phenotyping periods (years)

  

No. of genotypes

Scenarioa

Conventional

phase (1–20)

Genomic selection

phase

(21–35)

Size of pedigree

No. of phenotypes

Bulls

Cows with phenotype

Cows without phenotype

Pheno1

√

–

84,164

81,240

1050

–

–

Pheno1 + 2

√

√

160,131

144,728

8550

25,021

4979

Pheno2

–

√

106,011

63,487

8550

25,021

4979

  1. aPheno1: phenotypes from only the conventional phase (1–20 years) were used; Pheno1 + 2: phenotypes
  2. from both the conventional phase and genomic selection phase (1–35 years) were used; Pheno2:
  3. phenotypes from only the genomic selection phase were used (21–35 years)
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BMC Genomics

ISSN: 1471-2164

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