Composition of the ileum microbiota is a mediator between the host genome and phosphorus utilization and other efficiency traits in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)

Table 4 Mean accuracy and confidence interval (CI) of the genomic and microbial trait predictions

Trait	MBLUP		GBLUP		Microbiota-mediated GBLUP
Trait	Accuracy	95% CI	Accuracy	95% CI	Accuracy	95% CI
PU	0.22	0.09:0.35	0.18	0.05:0.32	0.16	0.01:0.31
FI	0.31	0.17:0.43	0.24	0.10:0.35	0.22	0.07:0.38
BWG	0.34	0.20:0.46	0.13	− 0.01:0.25	0.14	− 0.03:0.29
F:G	0.31	0.10:0.47	0.10	− 0.05:0.23	0.07	− 0.07:0.23

Estimated accuracy of the MBLUP and GBLUP of the trait observations and GBLUP of the microbiota-mediated part of the trait observations
PU P utilization, FI feed intake, BWG body weight gain, F:G feed per gain

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