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Economic Efficiency of One Cycle of Marker-Assisted Selection

^a I.N.R.A.-U.P.S.-I.N.A.-P.G., Station de Génétique Végétale, Ferme du Moulon, F-91190 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
^b I.N.R.A., S.E.R.D. Département d'Economie et de Sociologie Rurales, Université Pierre Mendès France, BP 47, F-38040 Grenoble cedex 9, France

View larger version (26K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1 Optimal number of replications for different investments, (I0, abscissa) and different individual heritabilities, (h2i, ordinate), for phenotypic selection (graph a) and marker-assisted selection with RC value equal to 1 (graph b), 4 (graph c), and 8 (graph d). We assumed that 10 individuals are selected and that the determinism of the trait implies an equivalent number of 5 QTLs

View larger version (26K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2 Domains of cost efficiency of MAS for different values of the relative cost of genotyping (RC = 1, 4, or 8) and two genetic models implying an effective number of 5 or 10 QTLs, as a function of the total investment (I0, abscissa) and the individual heritability of the trait (h2i, ordinate)