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Linkage effects in the halfsib covariances, if any, will be substantially greater in the F(,2) than in the BC(,1) and will be positive if the respective inbred or the majority of the gametic output of the respective composite is in coupling phase linkage and will be negative if the inbred or the composite produces a predominance of repulsion phase gametes.","Inter-population cross improvement is expected to be greater if selection is initiated in the F(,2) than in the BC(,1) and is expected to offset any initial performance advantage of the BC(,1) in one cycle of selection. A practical comparison suggests that at low selection intensities S(,1)FSRRS will be superior and at high selection intensities inferior to S(,1)RRS for inter-population cross improvement.","Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-16T19:03:28Z (GMT). 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