Table 4.

Phenotypic (below the diagonal) and genetic (above the diagonal) correlations between linear type traits in Angus^a

	LOCO	FL-FV	HL-SV	HL-RV	DHQ	DL	TW	DIT	WOW	WBW	CW	CD	WH	PL	BL	HW	BCS	DOC
LOCO		0.87	−0.57	0.41	0.34	0.43	0.23	0.12	0.52	0.84	0.33	0.19	−0.10	0.21	0.15	0.15	0.66	0.52
FL-FV	0.28		−0.10	0.17	0.62	0.83	0.78	0.63	0.66	0.64	0.33	0.45	0.31	0.49	0.38	0.68	0.68	0.37
HL-SV	−0.38	−0.02		0.16	−0.50	−0.66	−0.13	−0.46	0.07	−0.13	0.47	0.01	0.01	−0.05	−0.02	0.09	0.15	−0.09
HL-RV	0.21	0.08	−0.04		0.33	0.07	0.05	0.30	0.12	0.33	0.43	−0.29	−0.46	−0.28	−0.61	0.09	−0.17	0.36
DHQ	0.20	0.13	−0.13	0.18		0.87	0.83	0.77	0.66	0.78	0.57	0.27	0.13	−0.003	0.35	0.41	0.69	0.43
DL	0.28	0.13	−0.14	0.13	0.64		0.74	0.93	0.77	0.89	0.33	0.26	0.22	0.18	0.37	0.43	0.53	0.76
TW	0.16	0.13	−0.07	0.15	0.64	0.64		0.71	0.77	0.75	0.75	0.45	0.18	0.29	0.4	0.85	0.75	0.63
DIT	0.14	0.11	−0.14	0.15	0.77	0.62	0.68		0.73	0.82	0.43	0.22	0.15	0.15	0.3	0.46	0.78	0.68
WOW	0.22	0.11	−0.08	0.07	0.58	0.68	0.66	0.59		0.95	0.65	0.18	0.25	0.20	0.3	0.73	0.63	0.67
WBW	0.25	0.09	−0.10	0.10	0.61	0.72	0.63	0.60	0.85		0.65	0.23	0.28	0.13	0.36	0.87	0.84	0.56
CW	0.14	0.14	−0.04	0.14	0.39	0.45	0.52	0.41	0.48	0.48		0.72	0.84	0.46	0.69	0.84	0.63	0.35
CD	0.09	0.09	0.01	0.05	0.30	0.39	0.47	0.33	0.41	0.38	0.70		0.84	0.87	0.68	0.86	0.60	0.55
WH	0.08	0.07	−0.01	0.05	0.23	0.32	0.40	0.27	0.39	0.34	0.45	0.59		0.80	0.95	0.86	0.42	0.53
PL	0.12	0.09	−0.01	0.08	0.25	0.33	0.40	0.29	0.37	0.33	0.42	0.54	0.73		0.71	0.84	−0.16	0.63
BL	0.12	0.08	−0.03	0.05	0.27	0.36	0.41	0.30	0.39	0.36	0.41	0.51	0.70	0.70		0.78	0.60	0.34
HW	0.15	0.13	−0.01	0.13	0.32	0.43	0.53	0.39	0.49	0.46	0.50	0.52	0.54	0.55	0.67		0.87	0.50
BCS	0.20	0.15	−0.07	0.12	0.39	0.48	0.47	0.42	0.43	0.48	0.41	0.46	0.28	0.29	0.27	0.44		0.81
DOC	0.18	0.07	−0.13	0.06	0.22	0.24	0.24	0.24	0.27	0.24	0.16	0.16	0.17	0.18	0.18	0.20	0.18

LOCO = locomotion, FL-FV = foreleg front view, HL-SV = hind-leg side view, HL-RV = hind-leg rear view, DHQ = development of hind quarter, DL = development of loin, TW = thigh width, DIT = development of inner thigh, WOW = width of withers, WBW = width behind withers, CW = width of chest, CD = depth of chest, WH = height of withers, PL = length of pelvis, BL = length of back, HW = width at hips, BCS = body condition score, DOC = docility.

^aStandard errors for the phenotypic correlations ranged from 0.01 to 0.02. Standard errors for the genetic correlations varied from 0.02 to 0.49.