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. 2019 Dec 10;51:73. doi: 10.1186/s12711-019-0515-1

Table 4.

Estimates of heritabilities and breeding values in Duroc pig data

Trait Method Estimate
Heritability Breeding value
Mean MCSE Correlation Regression
LEA GS 0.56 0.006 0.82 1.60
NUTS 0.57 0.003 0.84 1.59
BF GS 0.48 0.006 0.65 1.37
NUTS 0.47 0.002 0.66 1.47

MCSE Monte Carlo standard error, BF back fat thickness, LEA loin eye area, GS Gibbs sampling, NUTS No-U-Turn Sampler