Validation of genomic predictions for body weight in broilers using crossbred information and considering breed-of-origin of alleles

Table 4 Mean validation correlations for BW7 and BW35

Scenario	Reference	Validation	BW7		BW35
Scenario	Reference	Validation	Mean^a	sd^b	Mean^a	sd^b
PB-A	PB	Offspring averages	0.16	0.032	0.36	0.032
CB-A	CB	Offspring averages	0.16	0.058	0.26	0.060
CB-A-BOA	CB	Offspring averages	0.20	0.058	0.22	0.059
PB-I	PB	Individual records	0.05	0.014	0.13	0.014
CB-I	CB	Individual records	0.13	0.020	0.16	0.020
CB-I-BOA	CB	Individual records	0.08	0.025	0.09	0.025

^aReported values are means of 100 replicates. Highest mean validation correlations per validation record and per trait are in italics
^bReported values are standard deviations of validation correlations of 100 replicates

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