Table 5.
Genetic covariances (above the diagonal) and genetic correlations (below the diagonal) for direct genetic (a), maternal genetic (m), and direct–maternal genetic associations1
| a | m | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traits | T-LEN | BW | WW | PWW | ADG | T-LEN | BW | WW | PWW | ADG | |
| a | T-LEN | 0.66 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.08 | 0.06 | 0.25 | 0.03 | ||
| BW | 0.40 (0.03) |
0.01 | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.14 (0.10) |
–0.01 | –0.01 | –0.01 | |||
| WW | 0.03 (0.01) |
0.08 (0.02) |
0.29 | 0.34 | 0.11 (0.10) |
–0.05 (0.06) |
–0.10 | –0.09 | |||
| PWW | 0.02 (0.01) |
0.27 (0.05) |
0.29 (0.05) |
4.82 | 0.27 (0.16) |
–0.09 (0.10) |
–0.04 (0.10) |
–2.67 | |||
| ADG | 0.03 (0.01) |
0.04 (0.01) |
0.96 (0.11) |
0.07 (0.04) |
0.10 (0.10) |
–0.01 (0.07) |
–0.00 (0.08) |
–0.01 (0.06) |
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| m | T-LEN | 0.51 | 0.37 | 0.15 | 0.40 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.03 | ||
| BW | 0.65 (0.21) |
–0.29 | –0.18 | –0.16 | 0.09 (0.06) |
0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | |||
| WW | 0.73 (0.26) |
–0.37 (0.24) |
–0.14 | –0.41 | 0.08 (0.06) |
0.32 (0.07) |
0.17 | 0.13 | |||
| PWW | 0.13 (0.19) |
–0.07 (0.16) |
–0.12 (0.17) |
–0.05 | 0.09 (0.06) |
0.02 (0.05) |
0.23 (0.06) |
1.85 | |||
| ADG | 0.55 (0.20) |
–0.25 (0.19) |
–0.56 (0.36) |
–0.05 (0.19) |
0.06 (0.09) |
0.08 (0.10) |
0.91 (0.18) |
0.11 (0.11) |
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1Standard errors of correlation estimates in parentheses.