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Table 9 Predictive ability (SE) for Dutch Landrace, Large White, and their F1 cross for the Base model and when including heterozygosity or Hetbreed

From: Effects of heterozygosity on performance of purebred and crossbred pigs

Breed

Traita

Base

Heterozygosity

Hetbreedb

Dutch Landrace

TNB

0.323 (0.021)c

0.319 (0.021)c,d

0.318 (0.021)d

LB

0.245 (0.022)c

0.247 (0.022)c

0.245 (0.022)c

GL

0.499 (0.019)c

0.510 (0.019)d

0.514 (0.019)e

Large White

TNB

0.282 (0.021)c

0.293 (0.021)d

0.295 (0.021)d

LB

0.254 (0.022)c

0.267 (0.022)d

0.269 (0.022)d

GL

0.574 (0.018)c

0.576 (0.018)d

0.575 (0.018)d

F1 cross

TNB

0.361 (0.034)c

0.360 (0.034)c

0.361 (0.034)c

LB

0.282 (0.035)c

0.283 (0.035)c

0.283 (0.035)c

GL

0.595 (0.029)c

0.597 (0.029)c

0.598 (0.029)c

  1. aTNB = total number born, LB = live born, GL = gestation length
  2. bHetbreed is the model with heterozygosity within breed
  3. c,d,eDifferent superscript letters within row indicates significant differences at P < 0.05