Table 8 Accuracy of breeding values estimated by the best model and the best model without dominance effects for studied traits.

From: Improvement in genetic evaluation of quantitative traits in sheep by enriching genetic model with dominance effects

Model

BW

WW

ADG

Best model

0.571a

0.634a

0.496a

Best model without dominance effects

0.527b

0.586b

0.447b

  1. BW= birth weight, WW= weaning weight, ADG= average daily gain from birth to weaning.
  2. Values within columns that do not have a common superscript are significantly different (p<0.05).
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