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Table 1 Average diagonal and off-diagonal elements of the GRM [18] and inbreeding coefficient (F IS ) ± SD (SE) in cattle

From: Genetic tests for estimating dairy breed proportion and parentage assignment in East African crossbred cattle

 

Diag

Off-Diag

F IS

Ayrshire

1.11 ± 0.044 (0.01)

0.34 ± 0.089 (0.02)

−0.024 ± 0.206 (0.05)

Friesian

1.01 ± 0.025 (0.005)

0.18 ± 0.05 (0.01)

−0.005 ± 0.191 (0.04)

Guernsey

1.16 ± 0.036 (0.008)

0.37 ± 0.089 (0.02)

0.018 ± 0.218 (0.05)

Holstein

1.11 ± 0.036 (0.008)

0.29 ± 0.089 (0.02)

−0.021 ± 0.210 (0.05)

Jersey

1.21 ± 0.040 (0.009)

0.48 ± 0.134 (0.03)

−0.0003 ± 0.218 (0.05)

N’Dama

1.28 ± 0.022 (0.005)

0.65 ± 0.027 (0.009)

0.013 ± 0.215 (0.05)

Nelore

1.82 ± 0.036 (0.008)

1.22 ± 0.045 (0.01)

0.003 ± 0.209 (0.05)

XBreda

0.98 ± 0.044 (0.001)

0.0004 ± 0.044 (0.001)

0.024 ± 0.037 (0.0008)

E XBreda

0.95 ± 0.070 (0.003)

0.01 ± 0.070 (0.003)

0.015 ± 0.050 (0.002)

T XBreda

0.954 ± 0.003 (0.0001)

0.004 ± 0.002 (0.0001)

0.032 ± 0.06 (0.003)

  1. aXBred, Kenya/Uganda; E XBred, Ethiopia; T XBred, Tanzania