the effect of errors in the economic weights on the accuracy of selection indexes错误的影响在经济权重选择指标的准确性.pdfVIP

The effect of errors in the economic weights on the accuracy of selection indexes 1)( W. M. VANDEPITTE L. N. HAZEL Centrum voor Landbouwecononzisch Ondevzoek, K.U. Leuven Belgische Boevenbond, Af!K!f6fo!e!!aa 8, 3000 Leuven (Belgium) A7zimad Science Dept., lowa State Univevsity, Ames Iowa (U.S.A.) Summary The effects of errors in the economic weights on the efficiency of index selection were inves- tigated. A selection index for the genetic improvement of pigs was used as test case. Errors in single economic weights of±50 percent reduce the relative efficiency with less than i percent for all traits considered. Larger errors can result in considerable bias of the estimated genetic gain. The effect of errors in single economic weights are non linear and non symmetrical. Negative errors (underestimation) are in general more critical than positive errors (overestimation). This dissymmetry depends on the scale used to define the errors. The effect of simultaneous sampling errors in the economic weight vector was studied by using both Monte-Carlo simulation and mathematical approximation. Result obtained by simu- lation indicate that the estimated genetic gain ( !H) and the realized genetic gain (toH i Î) are not normally distributed. For small sampling errors in the economic weight vector (coefficient of variation C.V 500).the loss in relative efficiency was less than 2.6 percent but increased to approximately 5i percent for C.V. = i.o. .- The loss in relative of a selection the biases and variances of AH and T