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Table 3 Family structure for all birds and for genotyped birds in the dataset

From: Accuracy of estimated breeding values with genomic information on males, females, or both: an example on broiler chicken

 

Sires

Dams

Number of parents in the dataset

551

5185

Average progeny per parent

357

38

Number of genotyped parents in the training population

276

2752

Average progeny per parent

451

47

Total parents of the validation population

87

762

Number of genotyped parents of the validation population

83

730

Average progeny per parent

34

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