Table 3 Mean square error (± SE) of genomic breeding values in different scenarios of QTL number and percent of QTLs with dominance effect.

Normal distribution

 1000 QTL

360188.9 ± 18230.4^a

386672.7 ± 17453.5^a

412140.3 ± 20143.4^b

440687.3 ± 19567.3^c

506605.3 ± 21454.8^d

 500 QTL

95777.8 ± 3804.5^a

99657.3 ± 3724.7^a

102037.6 ± 4015.3^a

117987.5 ± 3980.7^b

133971.4 ± 4439.6^c

 100 QTL

65789.4 ± 2460.2^a

66345.8 ± 2567.9^a

68234.7 ± 2545.4^a

75634.8 ± 2678.1^b

79435.1 ± 2624.6^b

Uniform distribution

 1000 QTL

274591.6 ± 5347.8^a

289934.6 ± 6754.3^a

304762.1 ± 9247.8^b

339671.8 ± 8849.2^c

396045.2 ± 10245.4^d

 500 QTL

131657.3 ± 4367.4^a

137892.9 ± 4567.3^b

144873.2 ± 4276.8^b

156743.8 ± 5789.4^c

193652.6 ± 6343.06^d

 100 QTL

122765.9 ± 3786.2^a

128984.7 ± 3869.5^ab

135965.3 ± 4234.6^b

143876.1 ± 4467.7^c

179035.6 ± 5213.7^d

Gamma distribution

 1000 QTL

129367.8 ± 2784.5^a

132876.3 ± 3456.2^a

140567.7 ± 2876.4^b

164987.1 ± 3475.9^c

183452.6 ± 4287.6^d

 500 QTL

102453.6 ± 3126.5^a

107862.9 ± 3009.8^a

113428.4 ± 4236.7^b

124693.3 ± 3956.7^c

141327.5 ± 5018.6^d

 100 QTL

95167.4 ± 3234.6^a

97494.3 ± 3180.5^ab

101349.5 ± 3657.1^b

112348.0 ± 3805.2^c

117824.7 ± 3568.6^c