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Table 2 Posterior means (± posterior standard deviation) of variance components, heritability, and microbiability of the production traits using the four models, and the deviance information criterion (DIC) of each model and trait

From: Microbiability and microbiome-wide association analyses of feed efficiency and performance traits in pigs

Trait

Model

\({\upsigma }_{\mathrm{g}}^{2}\)

\({\upsigma }_{\mathrm{m}}^{2}\)

\({\upsigma }_{\mathrm{e}}^{2}\)

\({\upsigma }_{\mathrm{p}}^{2}\)

\({\mathrm{h}}^{2}\)

\({\mathrm{m}}^{2}\)

DIC

RFI

(1)

0.020 ± 0.001

0.020 ± 0.001

− 343032380251

(2)

0.002 ± 0.002

0.017 ± 0.002

0.020 ± 0.001

0.12 ± 0.09

− 376715009798

(3)

0.006 ± 0.002

0.014 ± 0.002

0.020 ± 0.001

0.32 ± 0.10

− 481592517646

(4)

0.006 ± 0.002

0.002 ± 0.002

0.012 ± 0.002

0.020 ± 0.001

0.30 ± 0.10

0.11 ± 0.09

− 540693245186

FCR

(1)

0.062 ± 0.004

0.062 ± 0.004

− 64257520104

(2)

0.014 ± 0.008

0.051 ± 0.007

0.065 ± 0.005

0.22 ± 0.11

− 78170373902

(3)

0.024 ± 0.010

0.043 ± 0.007

0.067 ± 0.005

0.35 ± 0.13

− 93388582161

(4)

0.022 ± 0.010

0.014 ± 0.008

0.032 ± 0.009

0.070 ± 0.006

0.31 ± 0.13

0.20 ± 0.11

− 122763803675

DFI

(1)

0.051 ± 0.003

0.051 ± 0.003

− 89420640342

(2)

0.003 ± 0.003

0.050 ± 0.004

0.052 ± 0.003

0.06 ± 0.06

− 93351683359

(3)

– 

0.030 ± 0.006

0.056 ± 0.005

0.50 ± 0.13

− 167531111339

(4)

0.030 ± 0.010

0.002 ± 0.002

0.030 ± 0.007

0.060 ± 0.005

0.48 ± 0.14

0.04 ± 0.03

− 173089799612

ADG

(1)

0.0051 ± 0.0003

0.0051 ± 0.0003

− 255536305168

(2)

0.0002 ± 0.0003

0.0050 ± 0.0004

0.0051 ± 0.0003

0.05 ± 0.05

− 265759148148

(3)

0.0024 ± 0.0009

0.0030 ± 0.0006

0.0054 ± 0.0005

0.45 ± 0.13

− 440920106295

(4)

0.0030 ± 0.0008

0.0001 ± 0.0002

0.0030 ± 0.0006

0.0055 ± 0.0005

0.47 ± 0.12

0.03 ± 0.03

− 471061077561

BFT

(1)

8.854 ± 0.570

8.854 ± 0.570

− 525486682

(2)

0.100 ± 0.610

8.057 ± 0.680

9.055 ± 0.604

0.11 ± 0.06

− 575243859

(3)

4.754 ± 1.301

4.695 ± 0.872

9.450 ± 0.750

0.50 ± 0.11

− 999015096

(4)

4.980 ± 1.280

0.228 ± 0.314

4.424 ± 0.878

9.636 ± 0.760

0.51 ± 0.10

0.02 ± 0.03

− 1071710845

  1. \({\upsigma }_{\mathrm{g}}^{2}\): genetic variance, \({\upsigma }_{\mathrm{m}}^{2}\): microbiome variance, \({\upsigma }_{\mathrm{e}}^{2}\): residual variance, \({\upsigma }_{\mathrm{p}}^{2}\): phenotypic variance, \({\mathrm{h}}^{2}\): heritability, \({\mathrm{m}}^{2}\): microbiability
  2. RFI residual feed intake (kg/day), FCR feed conversion ratio (kg/kg), DFI daily feed intake (kg/day), ADG average daily gain (kg/day), BFT backfat thickness (mm)