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Table 5 Bi-variate analyses using G D (i.e. the GRM built with the SNPs with effects in different directions in both breeds)

From: Genomic correlation: harnessing the benefit of combining two unrelated populations for genomic selection

Phenotype

BB

TC

r G

\(h_{P}^{2}\)

\(h_{G}^{2}\)

C miss

\(h_{P}^{2}\)

\(h_{G}^{2}\)

C miss

Navel score

0.10

0.85

0.11

0.07

0.89

0.08

−0.91

Coat score

0.12

0.83

0.13

0.11

0.83

0.12

−0.89

Coat colour

0.08

0.87

0.08

0.06

0.91

0.06

−0.93

Body condition

0.08

0.88

0.08

0.10

0.84

0.10

−0.95

Yearling weight

0.07

0.90

0.07

0.08

0.88

0.08

−0.95

  1. Proportion of variance explained by either pedigree-based (\(h_{P}^{2}\)) or genomic-based (\(h_{G}^{2}\)) genetic variance, proportion of missing heritability (Cmiss) and estimate of genomic correlation (rG) between Brahman (BB) and Tropical Composite (TC) cows for the five phenotypes