Bias in multiple genetic correlation from half-sib designs.docVIP

Roslin Institute (Edinburgh), Roslin, Midlothian, EH25 9PS, UK (Received 6 June 1994; accepted 15 March 1995) simulated to investigate the bias in genetic 2R correlation between a single trait and (q - 1) other traits calculated from an estimate of the genetic covariance matrix) from balanced half-sib designs. Approximate prediction when the population correlation was zero. In that case equations for this bias were derived the bias is, approximately, inversely proportional to the degrees of freedom for estimating sire components and the reliabilities of the (implicit) progeny test, and