Equivalence of multibreed animal models and hierarchical Bayes analysis for maternally influenced traits

Table 1 Characteristics of the pedigree and data file of the Angus × Hereford crossbred experiment

	ANGUS × HEREFORD
PEDIGREE file	Individuals	Bulls	Cows
	4668	292	1698
DATA file	N	Mean, kg	SD, kg
WW records	3749	153.56	29.94
	Sires	Dams	Total
Parents	216	1647	1863
(with WW record)	145	923	1068
%	67.13	56.04	57.33
Mean number of calves by parent	16.05	2.28
% of parents with:
1 calf	3.70	42.93
2 calves	4.17	21.86
3 calves	2.31	15.66
>3 calves	89.81	19.55

WW = weaning weight; N = number of records; SD = standard deviation
Description of the data set used in the multibreed analysis, including several useful features for evaluating data quality for the estimation of (co)variance components within maternal animal models

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