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Table 1 Variance components of additive and dominance genetic effects for purebred and crossbred animals

From: Genomic evaluation by including dominance effects and inbreeding depression for purebred and crossbred performance with an application in pigs

Scenario

Breed

\(\sigma_{AP}^{2}\)

\(\sigma_{AP,AC}\)

\(\sigma_{AC}^{2}\)

\(\sigma_{D}^{2}\)

\(\sigma_{e}^{2}\)

\(\sigma_{{AC_{LY} }}^{2}\)

\(\sigma_{{D_{LY} }}^{2}\)

\(\sigma_{{e_{LY} }}^{2}\)

Nogen

L

0.99 (0.31)

0.17 (0.07)

0.05 (0.02)

–

10.82 (0.43)

0.05 (0.02)

–

7.35 (0.15)

Y

1.07 (0.33)

0.15 (0.07)

0.05 (0.02)

–

8.96 (0.38)

Gen_AM

L

0.87 (0.22)

0.47 (0.10)

0.28 (0.07)

–

10.89 (0.38)

0.28 (0.07)

–

7.11 (0.15)

Y

0.55 (0.20)

0.17 (0.10)

0.28 (0.07)

–

9.42 (0.33)

Gen_ADM

L

0.86 (0.21)

0.46 (0.10)

0.28 (0.06)

0.04 (0.03)

10.86 (0.38)

0.28 (0.06)

0.02 (0.01)

7.11 (0.15)

Y

0.54 (0.18)

0.17 (0.09)

0.28 (0.06)

0.06 (0.05)

9.35 (0.33)

  1. Numbers in brackets are the standard errors of the corresponding parameters
  2. \(\sigma_{AP}^{2}\) is the additive genetic variance for purebred performance; \(\sigma_{AP,AC}\) is the additive genetic covariance between purebred and crossbred performance; \(\sigma_{AC}^{2}\) is the additive genetic variance for crossbred performance; \(\sigma_{D}^{2}\) is the dominance genetic variance for either purebred animals; \(\sigma_{e}^{2}\) is the residual variance for purebred animals; \(\sigma_{{AC_{LY} }}^{2}\) is the additive genetic variance for the F1 crossbred animals LY; \(\sigma_{{D_{LY} }}^{2}\) is the dominance genetic variance for the F1 crossbred animals LY; and \(\sigma_{{e_{LY} }}^{2}\) is the residual variance for the F1 crossbred animals LY
  3. L Landrace, Y Yorkshire breeds