Table 3.
Accuracies of prediction of breeding value (empirical CV standard error in brackets) for carcass traits in Hanwoo cattle using different sizes of reference-validation (RV) datasets
| Trait | Dataset size | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RV = 12,717 | RV = 11,717 | RV = 10,717 | RV = 9717 | |
| MS | 0.50 (0.02) | 0.47 (0.01) | 0.47 (0.02) | 0.46 (0.02) |
| EMA | 0.53 (0.02) | 0.51 (0.02) | 0.50 (0.02) | 0.50 (0.02) |
| CWT | 0.59 (0.03) | 0.56 (0.02) | 0.58 (0.03) | 0.57 (0.02) |
| BFT | 0.47 (0.02) | 0.46 (0.02) | 0.47 (0.02) | 0.43 (0.03) |
BFT back fat thickness, EMA eye muscle area, CWT carcass weight, MS marbling score