Figure 3.
Effect of reference population size on the annual genetic gain (AGG) of dairy breeding programs. (a) Red Faced Manech (RFM) sheep breeding program and (b) Alpine breeding program. Different lines indicate different scenarios: Class-PT-index = conventional selection, GS-PT-index = genomic selection and progeny testing, and GS = pure genomic selection. Genomic prediction accuracy, rGBV, was calculated using Ne = 200 and a genome size of 27 Morgan for RFM and 30 Morgan for Alpine breeds.