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Table 8 Increases in population accuracy (\(inc\_acc\))a of moving from each scenario to ssSNPBLUPINT, for direct and maternal estimated breeding values (EBV) in the focal group for each country

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

Country

Direct

Maternal

PBLUPNAT

ssSNPBLUPNAT

PBLUPINT

PBLUPNAT

ssSNPBLUPNAT

PBLUPINT

CZE

9.2

5.6

8.5

32.8

25.6

19.5

IRL

27.2

6.8

25.0

47.8

14.1

41.8

DEU

13.1

9.3

11.4

19.0

12.4

16.5

CHE

10.3

3.4

9.8

32.3

14.9

25.3

Range of SE

0.6–1.5

0.2–1.0

0.6–1.3

2.0–2.8

0.6–2.1

1.5–2.1

  1. Focal group: animals with phenotypes and genotypes born from 2014 onwards
  2. Range of SE: minimum and maximum standard error across countries in each scenario
  3. PBLUPNAT pedigree-based BLUP national, ssSNPBLUPNAT single-step SNP-BLUP national, PBLUPINT pedigree-based BLUP international, ssSNPBLUPINT single-step SNP-BLUP international
  4. CZE Czech Republic; DFS Denmark, Finland and Sweden; IRL Ireland; DEU Germany; CHE Switzerland
  5. aIncreases in population accuracies are expressed in % relative to each scenario whole EBV
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