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Comparison of full and half-sib reciprocal recurrent selection

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Full and half-sib reciprocal recurrent selection (RRS) were compared algebraically and with computer simulation. The relative performance of the two schemes depended on the selection intensity and the environmental variance. Full-sib RRS was favoured at less intense selection and when the environmental variance was large relative to the total genetic variation. As selection intensity increased its advantage declined. Full-sib RRS enables a breeder to combine the efficient development of new hybrids with population improvement and should be a valuable technique in plant breeding.

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  1. Department of Agronomy, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

    L. P. Jones, W. A. Compton & C. O. Gardner

  2. Faculty of Agricultural Science, University of Tasmania, 7001, Hobart, Tas., Australia

    L. P. Jones

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Communicated by J. S. F. Barker

Published with the approval of the Director as paper No. 2466 Journal series, Nebraska Agr. Exp. Sta., Lincoln, Nebr. and as Atomic Energy Commission Technical Information Document No. COO-1512-17.

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Jones, L.P., Compton, W.A. & Gardner, C.O. Comparison of full and half-sib reciprocal recurrent selection. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 41, 36–39 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00279297

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