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Table 3 Correlations between estimated dominance deviations from model A + D and inbreeding measures for calving interval (CI), milk, fat and protein yields in Holstein and Jersey cows

From: Accounting for dominance to improve genomic evaluations of dairy cows for fertility and milk production traits

Breed

Trait

Inbreeding measures

Proportion of homozygous SNPs

Inbreeding coefficient

Holstein

CI

0.091

0.127

Milk yield

−0.210

−0.317

Fat yield

−0.208

−0.308

Protein yield

−0.218

−0.321

Jersey

CI

0a

0a

Milk yield

−0.225

−0.311

Fat yield

−0.249

−0.355

Protein yield

−0.248

−0.345

  1. Model A + D = taking both additive and dominance effects into account
  2. aSince estimated dominance deviations for CI in Jersey cows were very close to zero, the estimated correlations were also very close to zero