Including α s1 casein gene information in genomic evaluations of French dairy goats

Table 4 Validation correlations^a for validation males using α _s1 casein genotype as fixed effect^b in two-breed, Saanen, and Alpine populations

	Single-breed Alpine	Single-breed Saanen	Two-breed Alpine	Two-breed Saanen
Milk yield	0.338	0.324	0.328	0.333
Fat yield	0.269	0.204	0.271	0.205
Protein yield	0.363	0.178	0.264	0.269
Fat content	0.232	0.360	0.346	0.390
Protein content	0.470	0.690	0.452	0.703

Single-breed Alpine and Single-breed Saanen correspond respectively to the Alpine training population used to predict the Alpine validation population and the Saanen training population used to predict the Saanen validation males
Two-breed Alpine and Two-breed Saanen correspond to the two-breed training population used to predict Alpine and Saanen animals, respectively
^aCorrelations between DYD in 2015 and GEBV in 2013
^b α _s1 casein genotype was considered as a fixed effect

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