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. 2014 Oct 14;46(1):66. doi: 10.1186/s12711-014-0066-4

Table 1.

Accuracies of genomic prediction for the validation cows

Trait GBLUP Original one-step Adjusted one-step
r v * Theoretical accuracy r v * Theoretical accuracy r v * Theoretical accuracy
All validation cows
Milk yield 0.36 0.73 0.46 0.75 0.46 0.75
Fat yield 0.44 0.73 0.60 0.75 0.60 0.75
Fat % 0.52 0.67 0.60 0.69 0.60 0.69
Protein yield 0.37 0.72 0.51 0.74 0.51 0.75
Protein % 0.51 0.67 0.62 0.69 0.62 0.69
Average 0.44 0.70 0.56 0.72 0.56 0.73
386 validation cows with genotyped dams
Milk yield 0.34 0.73 0.36 0.73 0.37 0.74
Fat yield 0.42 0.73 0.44 0.74 0.44 0.74
Fat % 0.50 0.66 0.52 0.67 0.52 0.67
Protein yield 0.36 0.72 0.37 0.73 0.37 0.73
Protein % 0.48 0.67 0.50 0.67 0.50 0.67
Average 0.42 0.70 0.44 0.71 0.44 0.71
425 validation cows with both non-genotyped dams and half-sisters
Milk yield 0.36 0.73 0.55 0.76 0.55 0.76
Fat yield 0.46 0.73 0.73 0.76 0.72 0.76
Fat % 0.54 0.67 0.69 0.70 0.69 0.70
Protein yield 0.39 0.75 0.62 0.76 0.62 0.76
Protein % 0.54 0.67 0.73 0.70 0.73 0.70
Average 0.46 0.71 0.66 0.74 0.66 0.74

*r v is equal to the correlation between the estimated breeding and the DRP divided by the average of the square root of the reliability of the DRP in the validation cows.