Table 1.

The mean correlation (r_{TBV; EBV}) between TBV and EBV using principal component regression (PCR), partial least square regression (PLSR) and the 'BayesB' method for different marker densities, averaged over 20 replicates

	PCR	PLSR	'BayesB'
Marker density	rTBV; EBV ± s.e	rTBV; EBV ± s.e	rTBV; EBV ± s.e
1Ne/M	0.604 ± 0.012	0.611 ± 0.012	0.690 ± 0.036
2Ne/M	0.639 ± 0.012	0.655 ± 0.012	0.790 ± 0.036
4Ne/M	0.645 ± 0.012	0.670 ± 0.012	0.841 ± 0.036
8Ne/M	0.665 ± 0.012	0.681 ± 0.012	0.860 ± 0.036