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Table 5 Root mean square error values and probability to reject the null hypothesis for significance of the dam and maternal grand-dam (MGD) birth month effects in each analysis of data sets 1 and 3

From: Broad phenotypic impact of the effects of transgenerational heat stress in dairy cattle: a study of four consecutive generations

Trait

Root mean square errora

Probability

Dam

MGD

PD16

163

10–4*

10–4*

Milk

165

10–4*

0.0248

Fat

8.57

10–4*

10–4*

Protein

4.58

10–4*

10–4*

Fat %

0.072

10–4*

0.0033*

Protein %

0.029

0.0017*

NSb

SCS

0.126

10–4*

0.0017*

Female fertility

1.58

NS

NS

Persistency

1.27

0.0341

NS

Herd-life

37.5

0.0262

NS

Dystocia

0.972

10–4*

10–4*

Stillbirth

0.645

10–4*

10–4*

Maturing rate

0.0715

10–4*

10–4*

  1. *Significant after Bonferroni’s adjustment (P < 0.005); the Bonferroni correction was computed based on the 13 traits analyzed
  2. aDerived from the dam analyses
  3. bNot significant
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