Table 5 Dispersion (± SE) of genomic breeding values in different scenarios of QTL number and percent of QTLs with dominance effect.

Normal distribution

 1000 QTL

1.18 ± 0.03^a

1.26 ± 0.03^a

1.41 ± 0.04^b

1.55 ± 0.04^b

1.98 ± 0.09^c

 500 QTL

1.16 ± 0.03^a

1.22 ± 0.03^a

1.39 ± 0.03^b

1.53 ± 0.04^b

1.89 ± 0.07^c

 100 QTL

1.13 ± 0.04^a

1.18 ± 0.04^a

1.27 ± 0.04^b

1.49 ± 0.05^c

1.70 ± 0.07^d

Uniform distribution

 1000 QTL

1.22 ± 0.04^a

1.31 ± 0.03^b

1.41 ± 0.04^b

1.74 ± 0.06^c

1.96 ± 0.08^d

 500 QTL

1.19 ± 0.03^a

1.27 ± 0.04^b

1.35 ± 0.04^b

1.60 ± 0.03^c

1.87 ± 0.04^d

 100 QTL

1.17 ± 0.03^a

1.24 ± 0.04^ab

1.30 ± 0.05^b

1.57 ± 0.07^c

1.80 ± 0.10^d

Gamma distribution

 1000 QTL

1.20 ± 0.02^a

1.29 ± 0.02^b

1.38 ± 0.03^b

1.70 ± 0.05^c

1.92 ± 0.08^d

 500 QTL

1.20 ± 0.03^a

1.26 ± 0.03^ab

1.33 ± 0.04^b

1.66 ± 0.05^c

1.85 ± 0.09^d

 100 QTL

1.16 ± 0.03^a

1.28 ± 0.04^b

1.29 ± 0.03^b

1.59 ± 0.06^c

1.77 ± 0.07^c