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Table 6.

Spearman residual correlation between production and thermoregulation traits¹; above the diagonal: correlations between traits measured in temperate environment; below the diagonal: correlations between traits measured in tropical environment; on the diagonal: correlation between temperate and tropical environment for the same trait²

Trait	BW₂₃	BFT₂₃	ADFI	ADG_11–23	FCR	RT₂₃	ST₂₃
BW₂₃	0.05^b	0.38^a	0.47^a	0.90^a	−0.07^a	0.05	0.05
BFT₂₃	0.48^a	0.11^b	0.46^a	0.34^a	0.28^a	−0.07^a	−0.03
ADFI	0.52^a	0.45^a	0.21^b	0.47^a	0.76^a	0.02	0.06
ADG_11–23	0.93^a	0.47^a	0.54^a	0.26^b	−0.13^a	0.05	0.09^a
FCR	−0.12^a	0.14^a	0.68^a	−0.15^a	0.62^ab	−0.01	0.01
RT₂₃	0.00	−0.03	−0.02	0.01	−0.05	0.32^b	0.11^a
ST₂₃	−0.03	−0.10^a	0.02	0.03	−0.02	0.34^a	0.79^ab

^a,bMeans within a row with different superscripts significantly differ (P < 0.05).

BW₂₃ = BW at 23 wk of age; ADG_11–23 = ADG between 11 and 23 wk of age; BFT₂₃ = backfat thickness at 23 wk of age; FCR = feed conversion ratio; ST₂₃ = skin temperature at 23 wk of age; RT₂₃ = rectal temperature at 23 wk of age

Spearman rank correlations between temperate and tropical least squares mean values (1 value per sire family by environment).