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Table 5 Heritability of near infrared-predicted immunoglobulins G concentrations and their correlations with the reference trait

From: The concentrations of immunoglobulins in bovine colostrum determined by the gold standard method are genetically correlated with their near-infrared prediction

Trait, g/L

Heritabilitya

Correlationa

Phenotypic

Genetic

Near-infrared prediction

 100% calibration set

0.090 (0.147)

0.767* (0.019)

0.854* (0.314)

 80% calibration set

0.102 (0.145)

0.699* (0.024)

0.837* (0.320)

 60% calibration set

0.108 (0.139)

0.680* (0.025)

0.846* (0.317)

  1. *Significantly different from zero (P < 0.05)
  2. aStandard errors are given in parentheses
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Genetics Selection Evolution

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