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  • Plant breeding
  • Quantitative genetics
  • Genomics

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  • Developing superior single-cross hybrids is crucial for crop improvement.
  • Convergent improvement aims to transfer favorable alleles between parental lines.
  • Understanding the role of allele dominance and prediction accuracy is key.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the feasibility of convergent improvement for developing better single-cross hybrids.
  • To assess the impact of quantitative trait loci (QTL) number and dominance effects on improvement success.
  • To determine optimal conditions for successful allele transfer in hybrid breeding.

Main Methods:

  • Simulation study using empirical distributions of heterozygote (d) and homozygote (a) effects for maize grain yield.
  • Resampling of d and a values from genomewide marker estimates.
  • Scaling of d values to account for bias in estimating d/a ratios at QTL.

Main Results:

  • Convergent improvement yielded positive selection responses with fewer QTL (30).
  • Success with more QTL (250) depended on the scaled dominance (d scale) and prediction accuracy.
  • One cycle of genomewide recurrent selection maximized gains; subsequent cycles reduced effectiveness.

Conclusions:

  • Convergent improvement is a potential strategy for hybrid development in maize, but not guaranteed.
  • Moderate dominance and high prediction accuracy are critical for success.
  • More consistent results may be expected in species with lower heterosis, like rice.