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.