Table 7.

Genetic and phenotypic correlations between carcass traits

	BF	LM area	CW	YI	YG	CP
Genetic correlation
Marbling	0.07±0.061	0.15±0.056	0.21±0.051	−0.07±0.061	0.02±0.064	0.64±0.047
Meat color	−0.15±0.155	−0.11±0.143	−0.21±0.134	0.17±0.153	−0.05±0.161	−0.20±0.154
Fat color	0.10±0.099	−0.09±0.091	−0.03±0.083	−0.10±0.097	0.14±0.101	−0.09±0.182
Texture	−0.05±0.092	−0.20±0.084	−0.22±0.078	0.04±0.091	0.02±0.087	−0.73±0.058
Maturity	0.04±0.082	−0.13±0.077	−0.27±0.069	0.01±0.082	0.09±0.086	−0.01±0.085
Quality grade	−0.05±0.064	−0.18±0.058	−0.23±0.052	0.05±0.064	0.01±0.066	−0.23±0.044
Price/kg	−0.06±0.077	0.57±0.055	0.64±0.046	0.06±0.076	−0.25±0.075	0.91±0.069
Phenotypic correlation
Marbling	0.15±0.006	0.20±0.006	0.19±0.006	−0.11±0.006	0.05±0.006	0.67±0.005
Meat color	−0.10±0.010	0.00±0.010	−0.05±0.010	0.10±0.010	−0.09±0.010	−0.21±0.018
Fat color	0.03±0.010	−0.06±0.010	−0.04±0.010	−0.03±0.010	0.06±0.010	−0.04±0.017
Texture	−0.11±0.008	−0.17±0.008	−0.17±0.008	0.08±0.008	−0.02±0.008	−0.59±0.013
Maturity	0.03±0.010	−0.01±0.010	−0.08±0.010	−0.01±0.010	0.02±0.010	−0.13±0.021
Quality grade	−0.14±0.006	−0.20±0.005	−0.20±0.005	0.11±0.006	−0.05±0.008	−0.73±0.005
Price/kg	0.14±0.008	0.47±0.006	0.63±0.005	−0.14±0.008	−0.05±0.008	0.88±0.002

BF, backfat thickness; LM, longissimus muscle; CW, carcass weight; YI, yield index; YG, yield grade; and CP, carcass price.

Standard errors of genetic correlations ranged from ±0.044 to ±0.182, and standard errors of phenotypic correlations ranged from ±0.002 to ±0.021.