Table 5.

Genetic (above the diagonal), phenotypic (below the diagonal) correlation between weight gain traits and parameters of the growth curve (GR0–2 to GR18–20, α, β, γ)¹⁾

Trait2)	GR0–2	GR2–4	GR4–6	GR6–8	GR8–10	GR10–12	GR12–14	GR14–16	GR16–18	GR18–20	α	β	γ
GR0–2	-	0.434	0.723	0.545	0.615	0.717	−0.258	−0.140	0.050	0.130	0.063	−0.667	0.198
GR2–4	0.808	-	0.742	0.550	0.502	0.706	0.295	−0.300	−0.527	−0.241	−0.298	−0.657	0.654
GR4–6	0.754	0.812	-	0.920	0.652	0.939	0.993	0.270	0.611	−0.517	0.177	−0.393	0.540
GR6–8	0.743	0.777	0.799	-	0.417	0.971	0.083	0.208	0.198	−0.228	0.288	−0.264	0.987
GR8–10	0.213	0.224	0.216	0.208	-	0.981	0.507	0.143	0.329	−0.235	−0.277	−0.485	0.671
GR10–12	0.401	0.456	0.498	0.504	−0.011	-	0.730	0.605	0.416	−0.385	0.687	0.214	0.542
GR12–14	−0.05	−0.03	−0.024	0.002	0.190	0.079	-	0.780	0.850	−0.277	0.936	-	0.183
GR14–16	0.188	0.192	0.244	0.220	0.280	0.224	0.228	-	0.888	−0.271	0.772	0.369	−0.210
GR16–18	−0.298	−0.314	−0.365	−0.371	0.223	−0.060	0.367	0.194	-	0.021	0.930	0.723	−0.543
GR18–20	0.115	0.021	0.099	0.099	0.091	0.140	0.150	0.193	0.190	-	0.584	0.311	−0.968
α	0.399	0.463	0.576	0.581	0.251	0.483	0.031	0.014	0.550	−0.335	-	0.528	−0.388
β	−0.590	−0.665	−0.624	−0.569	0.096	−0.071	0.475	0.231	0.649	0.190	0.696	-	−0.370
γ	0.073	0.021	0.006	0.005	0.297	0.219	0.544	0.542	0.711	0.514	−0.560	−0.264	-

¹⁾Genetic correlations are above the diagonal and phenotypic correlations are below the diagonal, Traits: weight gain traits and growth curve parameter traits.

²⁾GR0–2, weight gain from hatch to 2 weeks of age; GR2–4, weight gain from 2 to 4 weeks of age; GR4–6, weight gain from 4 to 6 weeks of age; GR6–8, weight gain from 6 to 8 weeks of age; GR8–10, weight gain from 8 to 10 weeks of age; GR10–12, weight gain from 10 to 12 weeks of age; GR12–14, weight gain from 12 to 14 weeks of age; GR14–16, weight gain from 14 to 16 weeks of age; GR16–18, weight gain from 16 to 18 weeks of age; GR18–20, weight gain from 18 to 20 weeks of age; α, asymptotic live body weight (g); β, inflection point at which 50% of the asymptotic weight is realized (wk); γ, constant scale that is proportional to the overall growth rate (wk).