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Table 3 Relative weight of each source of information (male or female) in the resulting genomic estimated breeding values (GEBV) of homologous male and female traits and efficiency of predictive power in the opposite sex (in parenthesis) when the adjusted phenotypes are measured in the opposed sex only

From: Across-sex genomic-assisted genetic correlations for sex-influenced traits in Brahman cattle

Traitsa

Adjusted phenotype from

Correlation with

Female GEBVb

Male GEBVb

IGF1

Female

0.48

0.35 (0.95)

 

Male

0.42 (0.88)

0.37

YWT

Female

0.55

0.60 (0.85)

 

Male

0.45 (0.82)

0.71

AWT

Female

0.78

0.39 (0.67)

 

Male

0.59 (0.76)

0.58

HH

Female

0.97

0.65 (0.89)

 

Male

0.92 (0.95)

0.73

BCS

Female

0.87

0.58 (0.85)

 

Male

0.79 (0.91)

0.68

EMA

Female

0.76

0.45 (0.76)

 

Male

0.55 (0.72)

0.59

  1. aTraits are as described in Table 1
  2. bFemale and male GEBV are of the same dimention and equal to the total number of animals (N = 2111) including 995 females and 1116 males
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Genetics Selection Evolution

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