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. 2017 Nov;95(11):4738–4751. doi: 10.2527/jas2017.1611

Figure 5.

Figure 5.

(a) Assessment of robustness and sensitivity in the 10 sire families according to their score (from 1, the most robust, to 10, the most sensitive) on least squares means differences of sire families between temperate and tropical environments on BW and backfat thickness (BFT) at wk 23, growth rate (ADG) and ADFI during the test period, and rectal temperature (RT) measured from wk 19 to 23. The closer to the center the sire family pentagon is, the more robust it is. (b) Assessment of robustness and sensitivity in the 10 sire families according to the coordinates of the 10 sire families in temperate and tropical environments on the first principal component from a principal component analysis with the 12 variables (BW at 23 wk of age [BW23], ADG between 11 and 23 wk of age [ADG11–23], ADFI, residual feed intake [RFI], feed conversion ratio [FCR], BFT at 19 wk of age [BFT19], BFT at 23 wk of age [BFT23], RT at 19 wk of age [RT19], RT at 21 wk of age [RT21], RT at 23 wk of age [RT23], skin temperature at 19 wk of age [ST19], and skin temperature at 23 wk of age [ST23]).