Table 3.

Correlations between the GEBV from the different models for four traits

Models compared	Live weight	Hip height	BCS	Heifer puberty
Correlation
BREEDFIXED – BREEDRANDOM	0.97	0.96	0.96	0.98
BREEDFIXED – NOBREED	0.96	0.94	0.95	0.97
BREEDFIXED – BAYESR	0.93	0.90	0.92	0.95
BREEDRANDOM – NOBREED	1.00	0.98	1.00	1.00
BREEDRANDOM – BAYESR	0.97	0.95	0.98	0.98
NOBREED – BAYESR	0.97	0.96	0.98	0.98
Regression (first model GEBV on second model GEBV)
BREEDFIXED – BREEDRANDOM	1.21	1.01	1.06	1.20
BREEDFIXED – NOBREED	1.21	1.00	1.06	1.21
BREEDFIXED – BAYESR	1.21	1.02	1.01	1.20
BREEDRANDOM – NOBREED	1.01	1.00	1.00	1.02
BREEDRANDOM – BAYESR	1.01	1.03	0.97	1.00
NOBREED – BAYESR	1.00	1.01	0.96	0.99

Standard errors for the correlations are 0.006, using Fischer’s approximation of 1/√(n-3)

BCS = body condition score