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Table 3 Observed and predicted heterozygosities for each genotype set

From: Sharing of either phenotypes or genetic variants can increase the accuracy of genomic prediction of feed efficiency

Dataset

Number of animals

HEpr

HEo

HEoHW

AUSc

584

0.33

0.34

0.33

AUSh

687

0.33

0.34

0.34

USA

671

0.33

0.33

0.32

CAN

473

0.32

0.32

0.32

DNK

425

0.33

0.33

0.33

CHE

63

0.32

0.33

0.34

GBR

211

0.33

0.34

0.33

NLD

597

0.33

0.33

0.33

  1. Acronyms as described in Table 1
  2. Number of animals: number of animals used to calculate residual feed intake (RFI); HEpr: heterozygosity predicted from the GRM; HEo: observed heterozygosity; HEoHW: heterozygosity when SNP are assumed to be in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium
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Genetics Selection Evolution

ISSN: 1297-9686