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. 2009 Apr;181(4):1639–1648. doi: 10.1534/genetics.108.086801

TABLE 2.

Genetic correlations between males and females (diagonal), between traits in males (above diagonal), and between traits in females (below diagonal), across all ages assuming no genotype-by-environment interaction

Horn length Body weight Parasite load
Horn length 0.223 ± 0.201 0.541 ± 0.143** 0.151 ± 0.178
Body weight 0.097 ± 0.168 0.793 ± 0.246** −0.530 ± 0.210**
Parasite load 0.093 ± 0.202 −0.278 ± 0.169 0.838 ± 0.273***

Estimates and standard error (± SE) were obtained from multivariate animal models (see methods, model 2). Significance from zero was assessed using log-likelihood-ratio tests: *P < 0.050; **P < 0.010; *** P < 0.001.