Sequence information is generated for three chromosomes with a length of 150 Megabases. The genome simulated has a high degree of short-range LD (Ne70). The SNP panel contains 12,000 markers (i.e. 4,000 markers per chromosome). For each chromosome, 150 randomly placed QTL and zero FTL mutations were generated. Across both quantitative traits simulated, a narrow sense heritability of 0.35 and only additive effects was generated (i.e. no dominance). The residual variance across both traits is 0.65. The two traits are simulated with a correlation of 0.40 and 0.00 for the additive genetic and residual environmental effects between trait 1 and trait 2. The founder population consisted of 50 males and 400 females. For each generation, a total of 50 males and 400 females are in the population. Random selecton of progeny and culling of parents was conducted for 3 generations. A total of 10 and 80 (0.2 replacement rate) male and female parents, respectively, are culled and replaced by new progeny each generation. After 3 generations, animals with a high index estimated breeding value were selected or culled each generation. A pblup bivariate animal model was utilized from generations 4 to 10. Starting at generation 10 all parents in the current population and selection candidates were genotyped and for the remaining generations a ssgblup bivariate animal model was utilized. The weight in the final index for trait 1 and 2 is 0.25 and 0.75, respectively. Fifteen generations were simulated. Each mating pair produced one progeny. Parents that had pedigree-based relationships greater than 0.125 were avoided, and this was optimized based on the simulated annealing method.