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EFFECTS OF POPULATION SIZE AND SELECTION INTENSITY ON SHORT-TERM RESPONSE TO SELECTION FOR POSTWEANING GAIN IN MICE
J. P. Hanrahan 1, E. J. Eisen 1, and J. E. Legates 1
1 Department of Animal Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N. C.
The effects of population size and selection intensity on the mean response was examined after 14 generations of within full-sib family selection for postweaning gain in mice. Population sizes of 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16 pair matings were each evaluated at selection intensities of 100% (control), 50% and 25% in a replicated experiment. Selection response per generation increased as selection intensity increased. Selection response and realized heritability tended to increase with increasing population size. Replicate variability in realized heritability was large at population sizes of 1, 2 and 4 pairs. Genetic drift was implicated as the primary factor causing the reduced response and lowered repeatability at the smaller population sizes. Lines with intended effective population sizes of 62 yielded larger selection responses per unit selection differential than lines with effective population sizes of 30 or less.
Submitted on August 21, 1972Revised on November 1, 1972
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