Table 4.
Phenotypic1 (below the diagonal) and genetic (above the diagonal with standard errors in parentheses) correlations among and between the residual energy intake and residual gain traits
| Trait2 | REI | REIU | REIFW | REICW | REICWF | RG | RGU | RGFW | RGCW | RGCWF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REI | 0.93 (0.01) | 0.99 (0.001) | 0.94 (0.01) | 0.89 (0.02) | −0.32 (0.09) | −0.29 (0.10) | −0.12 (0.11) | −0.13 (0.11) | −0.12 (0.11) | |
| REIU | 0.93 | 0.92 (0.02) | 0.82 (0.04) | 0.89 (0.03) | −0.26 (0.11) | −0.36 (0.10) | −0.13 (0.13) | −0.15 (0.13) | −0.15 (0.13) | |
| REIFW | 0.99 | 0.93 | 0.94 (0.01) | 0.89 (0.03) | −0.26 (0.14) | −0.32 (0.15) | −0.13 (0.13) | −0.13 (0.13) | −0.12 (0.14) | |
| REICW | 0.95 | 0.88 | 0.96 | 0.92 (0.02) | −0.32 (0.13) | −0.32 (0.15) | −0.27 (0.12) | −0.25 (0.12) | −0.24 (0.13) | |
| REICWF | 0.90 | 0.90 | 0.92 | 0.94 | −0.31 (0.14) | −0.35 (0.15) | −0.24 (0.13) | −0.23 (0.13) | −0.24 (0.13) | |
| RG | −0.36 | −0.35 | −0.36 | −0.44 | −0.40 | 0.98 (0.005) | 0.96 (0.01) | 0.96 (0.01) | 0.95 (0.01) | |
| RGU | −0.34 | −0.39 | −0.32 | −0.39 | −0.38 | 0.99 | 0.98 (0.01) | 0.99 (0.01) | 0.98 (0.01) | |
| RGFW | −0.21 | −0.20 | −0.24 | −0.35 | −0.32 | 0.99 | 0.97 | 0.99 (0.002) | 0.99 (0.003) | |
| RGCW | −0.25 | −0.25 | −0.28 | −0.37 | −0.34 | 0.99 | 0.97 | 0.99 | 0.99 (0.001) | |
| RGCWF | −0.25 | −0.26 | −0.29 | −0.37 | −0.36 | 0.98 | 0.97 | 0.99 | 0.99 |
1All phenotypic correlations are different (P < 0.001) from zero and different (P < 0.001) from |1.00|.
2REI = residual energy intake; REIU = REI adjusted for ultrasound fat depth; REIFW = residual energy intake and metabolic final live-weight preslaughter; REICW = residual energy intake and carcass weight; REICWF = REICW adjusted for carcass fat; RG = residual gain; RGU = RG adjusted for ultrasound fat depth; RGFW= residual gain and metabolic final live-weight preslaughter; RGCW = residual gain and carcass weight; RGCWF = RGCW adjusted for carcass fat score.