Table 5.
Variance analysis of the impact of reference population size on the accuracy of GEBV for fleece traits in Inner Mongolia Cashmere Goats.
| Trait | Source | DF | SS | MS | F | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FL | Methods | 3 | 0.6711 | 0.2237 | 97.11 | <0.01 |
| Error | 54 | 0.1244 | 0.0023 | |||
| Corrected total | 57 | |||||
| CL | Methods | 3 | 0.9491 | 0.3164 | 64.54 | <0.01 |
| Error | 53 | 0.2598 | 0.0049 | |||
| Corrected total | 56 | 1.2089 | ||||
| CP | Methods | 3 | 0.7621 | 0.2540 | 41.03 | <0.01 |
| Error | 55 | 0.3406 | 0.0062 | |||
| Corrected total | 58 | 1.1027 | ||||
| CD | Methods | 3 | 0.6297 | 0.2099 | 20.42 | <0.01 |
| Error | 54 | 0.5551 | 0.0103 | |||
| Corrected total | 57 | 1.1849 |
P < 0.01: the difference is extremely significant; P < 0.05: the difference is significant; P > 0.05: the difference is not significant; DF, degree of freedom; SS, sum of square; MS, mean square.