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Table 2 Regression coefficients of true breeding values on estimated breeding values 1 obtained from two methods (BB and BER)

From: Methods to estimate breeding values in honey bees

 

BB

BER

Worker effect

Queen effect

Worker effect

Queen effect

Queens

0.971 (0.022)

0.998 (0.014)

1.061 (0.025)

1.160 (0.016)

Sires

1.088 (0.080)

1.025 (0.056)

1.148 (0.076)

1.175 (0.071)

Colonies

0.998 (0.017)

1.000 (0.019)

0.423 (0.007)

0.699 (0.024)

  1. 1Values refer to year 20; standard errors are given in brackets; BB is the method developed in this paper and BER is the method developed by Bienefeld, Ehrhardt and Reinhard [5].
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