Application of a Bayesian non-linear model hybrid scheme to sequence data for genomic prediction and QTL mapping

BMC Genomics

Table 1 The number of animals in the reference sets and validation sets

Traits	Reference sets				Validation sets
	Holstein		Jersey		Holstein Bulls	Jersey Bulls	Australian Red Bulls
	Bulls	Cows	Bulls	Cows	Holstein Bulls	Jersey Bulls	Australian Red Bulls
Milk production traits (FatY/MilkY/ProtY/Fat%/Protein%)	3049	8478	770	3917	262	105	114
Fertility	2806	7838	716	3830	396	81	114
Heat Tolerance traits (FatY_HT/MilkY_HT /ProtY_HT)	2028	2037	476	1116	252	101	-

Milk production traits include fat yield (FatY), milk yield (MilkY), protein yield (ProteinY), fat percent (Fat%) and protein percent (Protein%); Heat tolerance traits are the decline of fat yield (FatY_HT), milk yield (MilkY_HT) and protein yield (ProtY_HT) under heat stress

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