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. 2007 Apr;175(4):1895–1910. doi: 10.1534/genetics.106.063743

TABLE 6.

Realized (MC) and predicted accuracy of Âv for different numbers of half-sib progeny per sire and Inline graphic using either the exact prediction (MR exact) or the approximate prediction (MR approx)

No. of progeny
10
100
Inline graphic MC MR exact MR approx MC MR exact MR approx
Accuracy Inline graphic
0 0.235 0.235 0.235 0.607 0.607 0.607
0.1 0.236 0.236 0.235 0.615 0.615 0.607
0.3 0.243 0.244 0.235 0.633 0.633 0.607
0.6 0.251 0.260 0.235 0.648 0.663 0.607

The exact prediction with multiple regression: Inline graphic, where Inline graphic and Inline graphic are columns of B and G. The approximate prediction (Equation 14): Inline graphic, where Inline graphic and with assumption Inline graphic. Inline graphic; Inline graphic; Inline graphic; Inline graphic.