8.2 Estimating breeding values and selection response
The breeding value can be based on information from any uniformly related individuals
to the animals or own record, see program 7.2,
remember the actual relationships a and a' should be
properly defined. By pressing the Calculate button the accuracy is transferred to the
delta G input window.
Set the values for sire and dam for estimating breedin values, then press the Calculate button. The delta G can be run independently
of the breeding value estimations, all values in the yellow fields shall be defined.
The selection response is calculated in the lower 3 rows of the program
according to the formula shown below. The delta G is calculated per year. If the generation
interval is set to one year the results is also per generation.
The parameters are
Selection intensity, i
Accuracy of selection, rAI
Generation interval, L
The additive standard deviation, sigmaA
Example:
The accuracy is automatically transferred from the breeding value estimation, but you
can also convert an externally derived accuracy squared
by means of r2 to r button. If you have the proportion
selected (p) put your data in the (i) field and press the convert p to
i button.
The calculation is based on the average of the contribution from the
sires and dams. With the given initial parameters delta G is 0.04 units if you press
the Calculate delta G button.
Questions:
In a population are selected 10 % males based on progeny test of 20 offspring
and 50 % females based on own performance. SigmaA is set to 1.
Calculate delta G per generation when the heritability is 0.40.
If the males as well as the females were selected on own performance calculate delta G.
Compare the two results
Repeat the calculations with a heritability of 0.10
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