Table 2.

Correlations of 50k or 600 SNP predictions with deregressed EPD for various traits using cross-validation with three subsets of the data

Trait	Training 2 and 3 Prediction 1 (50k)	Training 1 and 3 Prediction 2 (50k)	Training 1 and 2 Prediction 3 (50k)	Overall1 (50k)	Overall (600 SNP)
FAT	0.71	0.64	0.73	0.69	0.63
CED	0.65	0.47	0.65	0.59	0.61
CEM	0.58	0.56	0.62	0.53	0.55
MRB	0.72	0.73	0.64	0.70	0.67
REA	0.63	0.63	0.60	0.62	0.56
SC	0.60	0.57	0.50	0.55	0.51
WWD	0.65	0.44	0.66	0.52	0.49
YWT	0.69	0.51	0.72	0.56	0.55

Traits: backfat (FAT), calving ease direct (CED) and maternal (CEM), carcass marbling (MRB), ribeye area (REA), scrotal circumference (SC), weaning weight direct (WWD) and yearling weight (YWT); ¹correlation estimated by pooling estimated variances and covariances