Table 3.

Pearson's correlation coefficients between the morphometric traits of investigated sheep breeds.

	WH	RH	BL	CD	CW	RW	CC	CBC	BW
WH	1.00
RH	0.92${}^{\ast }$	1.00
BL	0.52${}^{\ast }$	0.45${}^{\ast }$	1.00
CD	0.50${}^{\ast }$	0.44${}^{\ast }$	0.74${}^{\ast }$	1.00
CW	0.31${}^{\ast }$	0.28${}^{\ast }$	0.63${}^{\ast }$	0.68${}^{\ast }$	1.00
RW	0.22${}^{\ast }$	0.16${}^{\ast }$	0.63${}^{\ast }$	0.63${}^{\ast }$	0.69${}^{\ast }$	1.00
CC	0.58${}^{\ast }$	0.60${}^{\ast }$	0.51${}^{\ast }$	0.69${}^{\ast }$	0.65${}^{\ast }$	0.43${}^{\ast }$	1.00
CBC	0.66${}^{\ast }$	0.72${}^{\ast }$	0.24${}^{\ast }$	0.27${}^{\ast }$	0.19${}^{\ast }$	0.02${}^{\text{ns}}$	0.59${}^{\ast }$	1.00
BW	0.75${}^{\ast }$	0.77${}^{\ast }$	0.61${}^{\ast }$	0.65${}^{\ast }$	0.56${}^{\ast }$	0.36${}^{\ast }$	0.87${}^{\ast }$	0.75${}^{\ast }$	1.00

WH – wither height, RH – rump height, BL – body length, CD – chest depth, CW – chest width, RW – rump width, CC – chest circumference, CBC – cannon bone circumference, BW – body weight. ${}^{\ast }$ Statistically significant correlation ($P<\mathrm{0.001}$), ns – non-significant correlation ($P>\mathrm{0.05}$).