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. 2015 Jul 7;47(1):59. doi: 10.1186/s12711-015-0133-5

Table 1.

Pedigree-based estimates of heritability and correlationsa between traits based on data from the pedigree sub-line

Traitb eE3 eEW lEW eC3 eCO lCO eAH lAH eYW lYW ePS lPS ePD lPD lBW eSM
eE3 0.65 0.87 0.83 0.10 0.10 0.05 0.41 0.37 0.42 0.42 0.12 0.10 −0.36 −0.23 0.43 0.38
eEW 0.40 0.72 0.96 0.09 0.08 0.04 0.40 0.33 0.56 0.55 0.20 0.13 −0.30 −0.20 0.49 0.13
lEW 0.34 0.48 0.73 0.13 0.12 0.09 0.37 0.30 0.56 0.65 0.21 0.22 −0.38 −0.31 0.50 0.17
eC3 0.06 0.00 0.00 0.66 0.81 0.74 0.15 0.08 0.07 0.12 −0.07 0.04 −0.15 −0.04 0.18 0.04
eCO 0.08 −0.01 −0.01 0.33 0.71 0.96 0.13 0.06 0.05 0.10 0.04 0.09 −0.11 −0.03 0.15 0.11
lCO 0.09 0.03 0.09 0.24 0.42 0.70 0.08 0.02 0.06 0.11 0.09 0.15 −0.12 −0.07 0.14 0.05
eAH 0.22 0.21 0.15 0.00 −0.01 0.00 0.55 0.94 0.02 0.04 −0.12 −0.10 −0.07 −0.01 0.11 0.11
lAH 0.20 0.22 0.18 0.01 0.04 0.04 0.34 0.55 −0.03 −0.02 −0.13 −0.07 −0.11 −0.04 0.05 0.12
eYW 0.06 0.45 0.06 −0.01 −0.01 −0.01 −0.06 −0.01 0.48 0.89 0.18 0.13 −0.09 −0.06 0.44 −0.04
lYW 0.03 0.05 0.46 0.04 0.02 0.05 −0.06 −0.04 0.17 0.54 0.19 0.22 −0.28 −0.27 0.52 0.05
ePS 0.04 0.13 0.06 −0.01 0.08 0.00 −0.08 0.01 0.05 0.01 0.27 0.82 −0.19 −0.25 −0.02 0.01
lPS 0.03 0.05 0.09 −0.01 0.04 0.15 −0.04 −0.04 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.34 −0.28 −0.38 −0.03 0.04
ePD −0.07 0.01 −0.14 0.05 0.10 −0.01 −0.02 −0.06 0.07 −0.08 0.03 0.04 0.36 0.87 −0.21 −0.23
lPD −0.02 −0.01 −0.10 0.03 0.03 0.01 −0.02 −0.06 0.03 −0.07 0.04 0.06 0.49 0.39 −0.14 −0.13
lBW 0.04 0.04 0.08 0.07 0.10 0.07 0.01 0.05 0.10 0.18 −0.03 0.01 0.00 0.06 0.62 0.04
eSM 0.42 0.09 0.10 0.02 0.10 0.06 0.11 0.06 −0.03 −0.03 0.04 0.02 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.57

aEstimates of heritability are on the diagonal, genetic correlations above the diagonal, and residual correlations below the diagonal

bEgg weight for first three eggs (eE3), at early (eEW) and late age (lEW), shell colour for first three eggs (eC3), at early (eCO) and late age (lCO), albumen height at early (eAH) and late age (lAH), yolk weight at early (eYW) and late age (lYW) puncture score at early (ePS) and late age (lPS), ePD and lPD are egg production rates (ratio of the number of saleable eggs to number of days in lay) body weight at late age (lBW), age at first egg (eSM)