Table 3.
Genetic parameters with estimated heritabilities on the diagonal (in italics) and genetic correlations above the diagonal
| HP | CED | CEM | WWD | WWM | FT | STAY | GLSa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 0.21 | 0 | 0 | 0.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CED | 0.2 | − 0.3 | − 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| CEM | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.25 | 0 | ||
| WWD | 0.2 | − 0.17 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| WWM | 0.14 | 0 | − 0.15 | 0 | ||||
| FT | 0.4 | 0.53 | 0 | |||||
| STAY | 0.15 | 0 | ||||||
| GLS | 0 |
HP heifer pregnancy, CED calving ease direct, CEM calving ease maternal, WWD weaning weight direct, WWM weaning weight maternal or milk, FT fat thickness, STAY stayability, GLS genetic load score (this reflects long-term impact on expression of LOF mortality; see text for details)
aAssuming total independence of GLS