Evaluation of a method for identifying sources of favorable alleles to improve an elite single cross

A method has been developed for estimating the value of donor lines of populations for improving an elite single cross. The method provides estimation of p μ : the relative number of dominant alleles in a potential donor line or population at loci for which an elite single cross to be improved is homozygous recessive. The method also allows estimation of jp j μ, jq j ω#49, kp k μ, and kq k μ : the relative numbers of alleles in a potential donor at loci for which the elite single cross is heterozygous. This experiment was conducted to determine whether these estimators correctly rank populations with known relative values of p μ , jp j μ, and kp k μ (...)