Breeding values for identified quantitative trait loci under selection.docVIP

Breeding values for identified quantitative trait loci under selection Jack C.M. Dekkers USA Ames, IA, 50011, (Received 26 March 1999; accepted 6 July 1999) known QTL with estimates of polygenic BV. For a QTL with two alleles, BV for the QTL are traditionally based on the allele substitution effect, a = a + d(q - p), where a and d are additive and dominance frequencies in the current generation. p It is shown here that to maximize single generation response, BV for a QTL with than frequencies in the current (unselected) generation. Because selection affects be derived numerical