Effects of number of training generations on genomic prediction for various traits in a layer chicken population

Table 3 Estimates of pedigree-based and marker-based heritabilities (±SE) for the 16 traits^a from univariate animal models

Early traits	eCO	eEW	eC3	eE3	eSM	eAH	eYW	ePD	ePS
Pedigree-h ^b	0.71 ± 0.017	0.69 ± 0.017	0.65 ± 0.018	0.61 ± 0.018	0.54 ± 0.018	0.51 ± 0.018	0.46 ± 0.019	0.34 ± 0.019	0.21 ± 0.015
Marker-h ^b	0.55 ± 0.013	0.53 ± 0.013	0.47 ± 0.015	0.44 ± 0.014	0.31 ± 0.015	0.36 ± 0.015	0.30 ± 0.017	0.16 ± 0.017	0.15 ± 0.018

Late traits	lCO	lEW	lBW	lAH	lYW	lPD	lPS
Pedigree-h ^b	0.68 ± 0.025	0.61 ± 0.026	0.56 ± 0.026	0.48 ± 0.027	0.46 ± 0.028	0.25 ± 0.025	0.20 ± 0.028
Marker-h ^b	0.58 ± 0.019	0.50 ± 0.018	0.48 ± 0.020	0.34 ± 0.021	0.37 ± 0.020	0.19 ± 0.021	0.10 ± 0.024

^aEarly (e) and late (l) CO (egg color, index units), EW (average weight of 3–5 eggs, g), C3 (color of first 3 eggs, index units), E3 (weight of first 3 eggs, g), AH (albumen height, mm), PD (egg production rate), PS (puncture score, g/s), and YW (yolk weight, g); eSM (age at sexual maturity, d); lBW (body weight, kg)
^b SE standard error

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