Table 1. Variance components and heritabilities for productive traits

Traits Method σ a 2 σ e 2 σ p 2 h2 (SE)
AGE (days) PBLUP 47.66 58.18 105.84 0.45 (0.01)
ssGBLUP 54.130 56.73 110.86 0.49 (0.01)
ADG (g) PBLUP 766.41 923.76 1,690.20 0.45 (0.01)
ssGBLUP 889.23 890.09 1,779.30 0.49 (0.01)
BF (mm) PBLUP 3.69 3.40 7.109 0.52 (0.01)
ssGBLUP 4.18 3.27 7.46 0.56 (0.01)
EMA (cm2) PLBUP 1.89 6.46 8.34 0.22 (0.01)
ssGBLUP 1.96 6.50 8.45 0.23 (0.01)
σ a 2 , additive genetic. σ e 2 , residual. σ p 2 , phenotypic variances. h2 (SE), heritability and standard error; AGE, days to 105 kg; PBLUP, pedigree-based best linear unbiased prediction ; ssGBLUP, single-step genomic BULP; ADG, average daily gain; BF, backfat thickness; EMA, eye muscle area.