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Table 1 Estimates of variance components for BB cattle: comparison of estimates based on pedigree (NRM), normalized compression distance (CRM1 and CRM2) and genomic relationships (GRM)

From: Compression distance can discriminate animals by genetic profile, build relationship matrices and estimate breeding values

Model effects

Ve

Vn

Vg

Vc1

Vc2

Vp

1. NRM

172.3642

174.8665

   

347.2307

2. GRM

167.3202

 

179.9430

  

347.2632

3. CRM1

161.9650

  

121.9581

 

283.9231

4. CRM2

168.6462

   

195.9485

364.5947

5. NRM + GRM

115.5917

113.9303

129.9348

  

359.4568

6. NRM + CRM1

106.5055

123.3128

 

78.3912

 

308.2095

7. NRM + CRM2

113.3747

118.5415

  

140.8651

372.7813

8. GRM + CRM1

102.9185

 

130.3848

75.1383

 

308.4416

9. GRM + CRM2

151.5553

 

103.5573

 

104.4451

359.5577

10. CRM1 + CRM2

103.7444

  

76.7594

140.8459

321.3497

11. NRM + GRM + CRM1

79.1332

88.9443

99.2563

57.8128

 

325.1466

12. NRM + GRM + CRM2

82.3409

92.4328

98.8974

 

105.2992

378.9703

  1. Ve residual variance, Vn genetic variance based on pedigree NRM, Vg genetic variance based on the genotype GRM; Vc1 genetic variance based on the genotype CRM1, Vc2 genetic variance based on the genotype CRM2, Vp phenotypic variance