TABLE 1.

Descriptive statistics of the studied traits for genotyped ewes.

Trait	N	Avg	SD	Min	Max	CV	Total N
PBW	436	4.26	0.72	2.30	6.80	0.17	3,916
TLWB	317	5.90	1.77	2.80	13.00	0.30	3,063
LMWB	317	4.40	0.75	2.70	6.80	0.17	3,063
PWW	398	20.31	4.06	9.10	34.60	0.20	3,635
TLWW	294	27.52	8.25	9.90	57.80	0.30	2,869
LMWW	294	20.97	3.98	9.90	34.60	0.19	2,869

PBW, Progeny Birth Weight; TLWB, Total Litter Weight at Birth; LMWB, Litter Mean Weight at Birth; PWW, Progeny Weaning Weight; TLWW, Total Litter Weight at Weaning; LMWW, Litter Mean Weight at Weaning; N, Number of records; Avg, Average; SD, Standard deviation; Min, Minimum value; Max, Maximum value; CV, Coefficient of variation; Total N, Total number of observations used for EBVs calculation.