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The application of the selection index in the case of an additive two-trait model in which the genetic effect on each trait is determined by a finite number of loci is examined. Simulation results indicate that the direction of change in the frequency of favourable alleles is not necessarily in the positive direction at all loci when index selection is used as the basis for truncation selection. When the genetic correlation was positive (or favourable with respect to the economic weights), there was little difference (<5%) in genetic gain over 20 generations and no difference in the direction of change in allele frequencies or genetic correlation whether or not updated values for the genetic (co)variances were used in constructing the selection index. However, when the genetic correlation was negative or unfavourable, the effect of using genetic parameters which were not updated had unexpected effects on the allele frequencies and genetic correlation and reduced the genetic gain by a greater amount (< 12%).
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Quinten, M., McMillan, I. The effect of index selection on allele frequencies and future genetic gains when traits are correlated. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 93, 1335–1342 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00223467
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