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Table 4 Summary of the main properties of the seven methods

From: Evaluation of approaches for estimating the accuracy of genomic prediction in plant breeding

Method

Estimates heritability?

Requires heritability to estimate predictive accuracy?

Model for heritability assumes uncorrelated genotypes?

Model for predictive ability assumes correlated genotypes?

Requires cross validation?

1

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

2

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

3

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

4

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

5

Yes

No

-

-

No

6

No

No

-

Yes

Yes

7

No

No

-

-

No

  1. Methods 1 to 4 that require heritability to estimate predictive accuracy are called indirect methods whereas Methods 5 to 7 that do not are called direct methods in the text. The symbol (-) means the question is not applicable for a particular model.
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BMC Genomics

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