Additional file 2 of Reliability of genomic evaluation for egg quality traits in layers

Additional file 2 Estimates of (G)EBVs relative accuracy in candidate populations with respect to iC traits. Traits: EW: Egg Weight; ESC: Eggshell Colour; ESS: Eggshell Strength; AH: Albumen Height; ESshape: Eggshell shape index. Candidates: C1: male candidates from G1; C2: male candidates from G1 and G2; F: female candidates from G2. Multi-trait evaluations were performed for the five traits using BLUP (EBV) and ssGBLUP (GEBV) methodologies. Case 1: evaluation at birth; Case 2: evaluation at 80 weeks of age; Case 3: evaluation at 160 weeks of age. In parentheses are groups determined by the Hotelling-Williams test at a confidence level of 95%. Groups a, b and c are used when EBVs correlations are compared to other EBVs correlations; d, e, f are used when GEBVs correlations are compared to other GEBVs.