Table 3.

Accuracy of the best prediction models with haplotype additive values compared to the best SNP models

	Trait
	AGW	ADG	BJS	FCR	LMA	LMD	BF	TN
SNP accuracy for predicting phenotypic values ${\widehat{\text{R}}}_{0_{\text{jp}}}=\text{corr}({\widehat{\text{g}}}_{0_{\text{j}}},{\text{y}}_0)$
A-only, Model-6	0.251	0.258	0.258	0.197	0.402	0.363	0.387	0.401
A + D, Model-5	0.252	0.259	0.244	0.202	0.401	0.364	0.387	0.405
A + D over A (%)	0.381	0.328	− 5.588	2.624	− 0.123	0.496	0.174	0.856
Best SNP prediction model (the SNP model in italic font, A-only or A + D)
${\widehat{\text{R}}}_{0_{\text{jp}}}=\text{corr}({\widehat{\text{g}}}_{0_{\text{j}}},{\text{y}}_0)$	0.252 ± 0.032	0.259 ± 0.028	0.258 ± 0.033	0.202 ± 0.052	0.402 ± 0.042	0.364 ± 0.055	0.387 ± 0.061	0.405 ± 0.055
${\text{R}}_{0_{\text{jp}}}={\text{R}}_{0_{\text{j}}}\sqrt{{\text{h}}_{\text{j}}^2}$	0.285 ± 0.010	0.290 ± 0.009	0.156 ± 0.013	0.241 ± 0.012	0.432 ± 0.008	0.418 ± 0.010	0.407 ± 0.015	0.405 ± 0.010
${\text{R}}_{0_{\text{j}}}=\text{corr}({\widehat{\text{g}}}_{0_{\text{j}}},{\text{g}}_{0_{\text{j}}})$	0.613 ± 0.010	0.624 ± 0.01	0.559 ± 0.016	0.579 ± 0.015	0.757 ± 0.004	0.722 ± 0.009	0.718 ± 0.010	0.707 ± 0.007
Haplotype prediction accuracy
Best model	H	H	H	D + H	H	A + D + H	A + D + H	A + D + H
Best blocking	500 kb	500 kb	100 kb	1 Mb	Genes	Genes	1 Mb	Genes
${\widehat{\text{R}}}_{0_{\text{jp}}}=\text{corr}({\widehat{\text{g}}}_{0_{\text{j}}},{\text{y}}_0)$	0.270 ± 0.029	0.276 ± 0.027	0.277 ± 0.026	0.212 ± 0.066	0.413 ± 0.043	0.371 ± 0.055	0.392 ± 0.062	0.406 ± 0.053
Accuracy increase (%)	7.14	6.56	7.36	4.95	2.74	1.92	1.29	0.25
${\text{R}}_{0_{\text{jp}}}={\text{R}}_{0_{\text{j}}}\sqrt{{\text{h}}_{\text{j}}^2}$	0.292 ± 0.006	0.298 ± 0.005	0.178 ± 0.011	0.248 ± 0.014	0.431 ± 0.006	0.417 ± 0.010	0.413 ± 0.015	0.401 ± 0.010
${\text{R}}_{0_{\text{j}}}=\text{corr}({\widehat{\text{g}}}_{0_{\text{j}}},{\text{g}}_{0_{\text{j}}})$	0.647 ± 0.005	0.650 ± 0.004	0.572 ± 0.012	0.549 ± 0.012	0.743 ± 0.004	0.710 ± 0.008	0.693 ± 0.009	0.695 ± 0.007

${\widehat{\text{R}}}_{0_{\text{jp}}}$, observed accuracy of predicting phenotypic values; ${\text{R}}_{0_{\text{jp}}}$, theoretical accuracy of predicting phenotypic values; ${\text{R}}_{0_{\text{j}}}$, theoretical accuracy of predicting genotypic values; accuracy increase is the percentage increase in observed accuracy of predicting phenotypic values under the best haplotype model relative to the observed accuracy of the best SNP model (in italic font); A, SNP additive values; D, SNP dominance values; H, haplotype additive values; AGW, age at 100 kg live weight; ADG, daily gain; BJS, body judging score; FCR, feed conversion ratio; LMA, loin muscle area; LMD, loin muscle depth; BF, back fat thickness; TN, teat number