Table 1.
Trait | GBLUP | Original one-step | Adjusted one-step | |||
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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.