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Table 2 Description of imputation scenarios and number of animals in referencea and targetb population

From: Strategies for genotype imputation in composite beef cattle

Scenarios

Description

Number of animals

  

Charolais

Canchim

MA

Total

S1

Animals born prior to 2005a

1

184

68

253

 

Animals born in 2005b

0

99

44

143

S2

All Canchim animalsa

0

283

0

283

 

All MA animalsb

0

0

112

112

S3

All MA animalsa

0

0

112

112

 

All Canchim animalsb

0

283

0

283

S4

All Canchim + MA animals born prior to 2005a

0

283

68

351

 

MA animals were born in 2005b

0

0

44

44

S5

All MA + Canchim animals born prior to 2005a

0

184

112

296

 

Canchim animals were born in 2005b

0

99

0

99

S6

All malesa

1

128

63

192

 

All femalesb

0

155

49

204

S7

All Males + Females born prior to 2005a

1

228

86

315

 

Females born in 2005b

0

55

26

81

  1. aReference population; bTarget Population