Prediction of expected genetic variation within groups of offspring for innovative mating schemes

Table 3 Correlations (r) between SDGBV with real progeny variations for different traits per minimum number of offspring per sire

Minimum number of offspring per sire	Number of sires	r_FY	r_PY	r_SCS	r_SBd
10	409	0.65	0.56	0.60	0.50
50	146	0.90	0.78	0.80	0.72
100	84	0.93	0.83	0.88	0.69
150	48	0.93	0.90	0.90	0.78
200	32	0.93	0.91	0.87	0.85
300	20	0.96	0.93	0.94	0.82
500	7	0.98	0.88	0.90	0.90

PY = protein yield; FY = fat yield; SCS = somatic cell score; SBd = the direct genetic effect for stillbirth.

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