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Table 1 Phenotypic means and coefficients of variation (%) for FA traits across populations and combined datasets

From: Reliability of genomic prediction for milk fatty acid composition by using a multi-population reference and incorporating GWAS results

FA

CN

DK

NL

Combined

Mean

CV

h 2

Mean

CV

h 2

Mean

CV

h 2

Mean

CV

h 2

Saturated FAa

 C8:0

0.58

37.9

0.06

1.47

15.0

0.33

1.31

13.0

0.48

1.18

32.2

0.27

 C10:0

2.22

18.0

0.16

3.22

17.4

0.36

2.87

15.7

0.51

2.80

20.7

0.39

 C12:0

2.94

16.7

0.21

3.69

18.4

0.30

3.79

19.0

0.40

3.58

21.2

0.33

 C14:0

10.10

11.3

0.22

11.60

11.7

0.14

11.10

9.5

0.39

11.00

11.5

0.25

 C15:0

0.99

13.1

0.10

1.11

17.1

0.27

1.11

17.1

0.29

1.09

16.5

0.23

 C16:0

32.90

5.6

0.27

30.10

11.6

0.12

29.10

12.0

0.48

30.20

11.7

0.34

 C18:0

12.00

14.1

0.25

9.84

19.4

0.23

9.84

17.7

0.37

10.30

19.3

0.25

Unsaturated FAa

 C14:1

0.86

24.4

0.35

1.01

27.7

0.49

1.38

19.6

0.55

1.19

29.4

0.47

 C16:1

1.64

20.1

0.26

1.58

26.6

0.42

1.39

20.9

0.65

1.49

23.5

0.46

 C18:1c9

28.30

8.6

0.24

19.60

14.5

0.07

20.20

13.8

0.41

21.90

20.0

0.27

 C18:2n6

3.99

11.5

0.26

1.74

15.5

0.17

1.11

22.5

0.27

1.89

63.0

0.18

 C18:3n3

0.42

14.3

0.05

0.50

18.0

0.05

0.50

32.0

0.27

0.48

27.1

0.19

 CLA

0.41

22.0

0.15

0.57

26.3

0.11

0.56

46.4

0.32

0.53

43.4

0.21

Desaturation indexesb

 C14 index

7.84

20.8

0.36

7.98

23.7

0.59

11.0

16.6

0.62

9.71

24.4

0.53

 C16 index

4.74

19.6

0.24

4.97

22.3

0.37

4.6

19.8

0.55

4.70

20.6

0.38

 C18 index

70.20

4.7

0.21

66.60

5.9

0.26

67.3

5.8

0.49

67.80

5.87

0.31

  1. All parameter estimates for C18:2n6, C18:3n3 and CLA are computed on raw data before log-transformation
  2. aExpressed in % wt/wt of total fat
  3. bDesaturation indexes calculated as unsaturated/(unsaturated + saturated) × 100