Fig. 4

Mean squared error of prediction for carcass and meat quality traits. Each point shows the average mean squared error (MSE) for each model with standard deviation at different complexities (Full with all markers and operational taxonomic units (OTU), Informatively reduced with significant markers and OTU, and Randomly reduced with randomly selected markers and OTU). M1 contains the genomic relationship matrix. M2 contains the microbiome relationship matrix at Wean, Mid-test and Off-test. M3 contains the genomic relationship matrix and microbiome relationship matrix at Wean, Mid-test and Off-test. M4 contain both the main effect of the microbiome relationship matrix and genomic relationship matrix and the interaction between them