Table 3. Heritability (diagonal), phenotypic correlation (below the diagonal) and genetic correlation (above the diagonal) between dry matter intake, average daily gain, metabolic body weight, growth and carcass traits.
Trait | DMI | ADG | BW0.75 | WS | HH | CC | LEA | BF | RF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMI | 0.45 ± 0.05 | 0.83 ± 0.06 | 0.82 ± 0.05 | 0.8 ± 0.06 | 0.61 ± 0.07 | 0.79 ± 0.07 | 0.48 ± 0.10 | 0.29 ± 0.13 | 0.39 ± 0.11 |
ADG | 0.56 | 0.41 ± 0.06 | 0.73 ± 0.08 | 0.84 ± 0.05 | 0.62 ± 0.08 | 0.80 ± 0.08 | 0.41 ± 0.11 | 0.15 ± 0.13 | 0.24 ± 0.12 |
BW0.75 | 0.65 | 0.42 | 0.53 ± 0.06 | 0.84 ± 0.05 | 0.80 ± 0.04 | 0.90 ± 0.03 | 0.63 ± 0.07 | 0.14 ± 0.12 | 0.30 ± 0.11 |
WS | 0.60 | 0.61 | 0.83 | 0.40 ± 0.03 | 0.75 ± 0.02 | 0.87 ± 0.02 | 0.48 ± 0.06 | -0.02 ± 0.10 | 0.11 ± 0.10 |
HH | 0.45 | 0.36 | 0.69 | 0.67 | 0.61 ± 0.02 | 0.64 ± 0.04 | 0.19 ± 0.07 | -0.15 ± 0.09 | -0.03 ± 0.09 |
CC | 0.55 | 0.60 | 0.75 | 0.73 | 0.57 | 0.31 ± 0.03 | 0.38 ± 0.08 | 0.17 ± 0.11 | 0.29 ± 0.10 |
LEA | 0.44 | 0.36 | 0.59 | 0.49 | 0.31 | 0.45 | 0.44 ± 0.05 | 0.09 ± 0.10 | 0.18 ± 0.10 |
BF | 0.23 | 0.15 | 0.29 | 0.22 | 0.65 | 0.28 | 0.20 | 0.30 ± 0.04 | 0.79 ± 0.05 |
RF | 0.25 | 0.21 | 0.29 | 0.26 | 0.07 | 0.30 | 0.25 | 0.61 | 0.38 ± 0.05 |
DMI, dry matter intake; ADG, average daily gain; BW0.75, metabolic body weight; WS, weight at selection; HH, hip height of males and females at selection; CC, chest circumference of males and females at selection; LEA, loin-eye area; BF, backfat thickness; RF, rump fat thickness.