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Table 1 Numbers of genotyped animals per breed used in the three training sets (MB, SB, MB_2K)

From: Comparison of molecular breeding values based on within- and across-breed training in beef cattle

 

Number of genotyped animals1

Breed

MB

SB

MB_2K

Angus

2713

2713

373

Red Angus2

86

0

143

Beefmaster

0

0

63

Brahman

0

0

59

Brangus

0

0

44

Braunvieh

0

0

17

Charolais

0

0

103

Gelbvieh

0

0

113

Hereford

897

897

463

Limousin

1670

1670

104

Maine Anjou

0

0

48

Shorthorn

0

0

73

Simmental

110

0

231

Total

5476

5280

1834

  1. 1Animals in SB and MB were identical; only 16 Limousin animals overlapped between SB or MB and MB_2K; 2 given the small number of genotyped animals, Red Angus and Simmental were not used in SB.