TABLE 2.
Estimates of heritabilities (along diagonal) and of genetic (above diagonal) and phenotypic (below diagonal) correlations for growth and carcass traits from Model 2 (with BW22 covariate).
| Trait | DrW | BrW | TW | WW | DW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DrW | 0.30 (0.07) | 0.77 (0.08) | 0.75 (0.1) | 0.71 (0.09) | 0.61 (011) |
| BrW | 0.74 (0.01) | 0.29 (0.07) | 0.39 (0.17) | 0.48 (0.13) | 0.22 (0.18) |
| TW | 0.58 (0.02) | 0.30 (0.03) | 0.21 (0.07) | 0.58 (0.14) | 0.76 (0.12) |
| WW | 0.67 (0.02) | 0.45 (0.03) | 0.43 (0.03) | 0.38 (0.08) | 0.75 (0.09) |
| DW | 0.67 (0.02) | 0.35 (0.03) | 0.42 (0.03) | 0.57 (0.02) | 0.29 (0.07) |
BW22, Body weight at 22 weeks of age; BrW, breast weight; DW, drumstick weight; TW, thigh weight; WW, wing weight; and DrW, Dressed weight. Standard errors are in parenthesis.
Bold values represent Estimates of Heritabilities.