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Table 4 Estimates of relative dominance variance from various studies that used genomic relationship matrices

From: Inbreeding depression across the genome of Dutch Holstein Friesian dairy cattle

Study

Density

Accounted for GW IDa

Relative dominance variance

Aliloo et al. [14]

632 k (imputed)

Yes

 ≤ 1% for yield traits

1% for calving interval

Aliloo et al. [14]

632 k (imputed)

No

3 to 4% for yield traits

1% for calving interval

Sun et al. [35]

50 k (imputed)

Yes, in precorrection of phenotypes

3 to 4% for yield traits

1% for SCS

0% for daughter pregnancy rate

Jiang et al. [43]b

50 k (imputed)

No

7 to 13% for yield traits

0 to 15% for fertility traits

9% for SCS

Alves et al. [44]

41 k (imputed)

No

0 to 4% for fertility traits

Mao et al. [45]

36 k

No

7% for interval first-last insemination

4% for number of inseminations

  1. aGW ID: genome-wide inbreeding depression
  2. bIn this particular study, an imprinting effect was also fitted. All other studies used AD models