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Changes in genetic parameters under restricted index selection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Suzanne I. Mortimer  and
J. W. James
Suzanne I. Mortimer
Affiliation:
School of Wool and Pastoral Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, N.S.W., 2033, Australia
J. W. James
Affiliation:
School of Wool and Pastoral Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, N.S.W., 2033, Australia

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The ability of restricted selection indices to prevent genetic change in a restricted trait over several generations of selection was studied using deterministic computer models. Four loci, two affecting each trait independently, and two pleiotropic loci, one affecting each trait in the same direction, and one with opposite effects, were modelled. In general, continued effectiveness of the restriction was achieved only when the restricted trait was affected by only one locus. In some conditions (equal gene frequencies), an independent locus and one pleiotropic locus affecting the restricted trait allowed maintenance of the restriction. The results suggest that long-term restriction may be very difficult without re-estimation of parameters.

Type
Research Article
Information
Genetics Research , Volume 49 , Issue 2 , April 1987 , pp. 129 - 134
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1987

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