Table 8.
Estimates of (co)variances (kg2), heritabilities (h2) and genetic correlation for litter weight at birth (LWB) and litter weight at weaning (LWW) in the multiple trait model.
| σ2 and σ genetic
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σ2 and σ permanent environmental
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σ2 andσ phenotypic
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| LWB | LWW | LWB | LWW | LWB | LWW | h2 | rg | |||
| LWB | 0.144 | 0.053 | 0.947 | 0.15 ± 0.02 | 0.86 ± 0.08 | |||||
| LWW | 0.604 | 3.431 | 0.315 | 1.857 | 0.920 | 31.239 | 0.11 ± 0.02 | |||
| Log L | -16,105.35 | |||||||||
σ2 = variances and σ = covariances. h2 = heritability, rg = genetic correlation and Log L = logarithm of the Likelihood function.