Table 3 Predictive ability (standard error) for each method with a significant test

Crossbred

All

0.468^c (0.005)

0.472^c (0.005)

0.490^b (0.005)

0.497^ab (0.005)

0.495^ab (0.005)

0.502^ab (0.005)

0.502^ab (0.004)

0.510^a (0.004)

By bp

< 25%

0.358^c (0.011)

0.349^c (0.011)

0.393^abc (0.011)

0.401^ab (0.011)

0.397^abc (0.011)

0.406^ab (0.011)

0.396^abc (0.011)

0.409^a (0.011)

\(\ge\)25–< 50%

0.261^bc (0.017)

0.253^c (0.016)

0.326^ab (0.015)

0.343^a (0.015)

0.340^a (0.015)

0.355^a (0.015)

0.357^a (0.015)

0.373^a (0.015)

\(\ge\)50–< 85%

0.246^e (0.009)

0.264^de (0.009)

0.290^bcd (0.009)

0.301^abc (0.009)

0.297^abc (0.009)

0.310^ab (0.009)

0.318^ab (0.009)

0.331^a (0.009)

\(\ge\)85%

0.238^d (0.010)

0.258 ^cd (0.010)

0.279^bcd (0.010)

0.293^abc (0.010)

0.292^abc (0.010)

0.304^ab (0.010)

0.317^ab (0.010)

0.327^a (0.010)

Purebred

Charolais

0.225^a (0.029)

0.245^a (0.029)

0.252^a (0.029)

0.253^a (0.029)

0.259^a (0.029)

0.273^a (0.029)

0.279^a (0.029)

Limousin

0.285^a (0.023)

0.306^a (0.023)

0.300^a (0.024)

0.313^a (0.023)

0.309^a (0.023)

0.316^a (0.023)

0.314^a (0.023)