Table 6.

Accuracy of GEBV in each fleece trait under different reference population size levels.

Trait	500	1,000	1,500	2000
FL	0.2702 ± 0.02 d	0.4478 ± 0.02 c	0.5100 ± 0.01 b	0.5547 ± 0.01 a
CL	0.2711 ± 0.01 c	0.3829 ± 0.03 b	0.5691 ± 0.01 a	0.5839 ± 0.01 a
CP	0.3723 ± 0.02 d	0.4906 ± 0.03 c	0.5942 ± 0.02 b	0.6787 ± 0.01 a
CD	0.3360 ± 0.02 c	0.3738 ± 0.03 c	0.4863 ± 0.04 b	0.6011 ± 0.02 a

^a,bRepresent significant differences. The difference is significant with different letters.