Table 3 Average prediction accuracies of QTL genotypes using all SNPs or only the neighboring SNPs of the QTL. The results are for different within and across population scenarios with 3 QTL underlying the trait and with an equal weight of the QTL in the overall breeding goal
| Â | Reference population | Selection candidates | Average prediction accuracy (s.e.) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scenario | All SNPs | Four surrounding SNPs | ||||
Base | HF1 | HF1 | 0.942 | (0.003) | 0.766 | (0.011) |
1 | HF1 | GWH3 | 0.378 | (0.018) | 0.569 | (0.020) |
2 | HF1 + MRY2 | GWH3 | 0.377 | (0.017) | 0.579 | (0.020) |
3 | HF1 | MRY2 | 0.362 | (0.018) | 0.562 | (0.020) |
4 | HF1 + GWH3 | MRY2 | 0.373 | (0.018) | 0.567 | (0.021) |