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Table 4 Number of phenotypes, genotypes, and size of the pedigree in whole and partial evaluations of international and national scenarios, and number of animals in the focal group for each country

From: International single-step SNPBLUP beef cattle evaluations for Limousin weaning weight

Evaluation

 

Scenarios

International

National

CZE

DFS

IRL

DEU

CHE

Whole

Pedigree

519,740

44,130

125,743

186,080

165,318

67,567

Genotypes

17,607

1625

–

11,300

742

3940

Phenotypes

331,593

13,892

96,671

68,086

117,249

35,695

Partial

Phenotypes

243,109

7104

78,730

49,579

82,876

24,820

Focal group

 

–

1057

–

3869

407

1191

  1. Partial: is the same as whole evaluation but with phenotypes of animals born from 2014 onwards excluded
  2. International scenarios: PBLUPINT pedigree-based BLUP international and ssSNPBLUPINT single-step SNP-BLUP international
  3. National scenarios: PBLUPNAT pedigree-based BLUP national and ssSNPBLUPNAT single-step SNP-BLUP national
  4. Focal group: animals with phenotypes and genotypes born from 2014 onwards
  5. CZE Czech Republic; DFS Denmark, Finland and Sweden; IRL Ireland; DEU Germany; CHE Switzerland
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Genetics Selection Evolution

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