Assessing the response to genomic selection by simulation.

"the r code for conducting the simulation and generating the probability plot is provided in the electronic supplementary materials.; code availability the r codes are available as electronic supplementary materials. the r code for conducting the simulation and generating the probability plot is provided in the electronic supplementary materials.; code availability the r codes are available as electronic supplementary materials."

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