Consistency of linkage disequilibrium between Chinese and Nordic Holsteins and genomic prediction for Chinese Holsteins using a joint reference population

Table 3 Reliabilities of GEBV of Chinese Holstein (CH) bulls and cows in the test populations when using the CH or the joint reference population

Categories	Traits	Reliabilities of prediction
Categories	Traits	Using CH reference	Using joint reference	Increase
CH bulls	Milk yield	0.22	0.51	0.29
	Fat yield	0.15	0.47	0.32
	Protein yield	0.11	0.36	0.25
	Average	0.16	0.45	0.29
CH cows	Milk yield	0.15	0.26	0.11
	Fat yield	0.12	0.17	0.05
	Protein yield	0.15	0.20	0.05
	Average	0.14	0.21	0.07

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