Genomic prediction based on selected variants from imputed whole-genome sequence data in Australian sheep populations

Table 1 Number of top SNPs and animals of different breeds in different datasets for different traits

Trait (unit)	Number of top SNPs	Discovery (GWAS) set				Reference set				Validation set
Trait (unit)	Number of top SNPs	MER	BL	BL × MER	Other breeds and crosses	MER	BL	BL × MER	Other breeds and crosses	MER	BL × MER
CCFAT (mm)	3989	1157	37	365	3185	761	58	158	6658	912	478
CEMD (mm)	3997	1200	21	389	3215	738	74	161	6741	904	453
PEMD (mm)	3924	2835	860	742	4812	772	216	357	8370	1766	510
IMF (%)	4023	877	11	355	3018	185	25	174	5969	843	415
SF5 (N)	4268	1065	27	358	3291	722	67	143	6460	868	474
PWT (kg)	4287	4691	918	964	5446	1182	262	458	9165	3118	453
YCFW (kg)	3942	3935	41	381	872	1826	73	189	1709	600	–
YFD (µm)	8654	5083	44	62	746	2626	70	135	1432	600	–

Number of top-SNPs and animals of different breeds (MER pure Merino, BL pure Border Leicester, BL × MER crossbred Border Leicester × Merino and other breeds and crosses) in discovery, reference and validation sets for different traits: CCFAT carcass fat depth at C site, CEMD carcass eye muscle depth, PEMD post-weaning eye muscle depth, IMF intermuscular fat percentage, SF5 shear force measured at day 5 after slaughter, PWT post-weaning weight, YCFW yearling clean fleece weight, YFD yearling fiber diameter

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