Connectedness among herds of beef cattle bred under natural service

Table 3 Average reliabilities for the maternal effects (h² = 0.10) of individual animals in single trait evaluations with maternal effects

Model¹		Animals with data	Sires with progeny						Dams	MGS
h²	r_g		0-30	30-60	60-90	90-120	120-150	>150		0-30	30-60
0.25	0	0.14	0.14	0.21	0.26	0.40	0.34	0.50	0.21	0.23	0.72
0.25	-0.25	0.13	0.15	0.25	0.30	0.43	0.37	0.53	0.22	0.24	0.73
0.40	0	0.15	0.14	0.23	0.28	0.42	0.36	0.51	0.20	0.24	0.72
0.40	-0.5	0.15	0.19	0.35	0.40	0.51	0.45	0.59	0.25	0.29	0.76
Number		28546	364	97	52	22	17	23	6354	345	12

¹ The direct effects had heritability (h²) with genetic correlation (r_g) with maternal effects

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