TABLE 4.
Estimates of residual (upper diagonal) and genetic (lower diagonal) correlations (±s.e.) between body measurements and smoltification status traits for EXP1 and EXP2 from a multivariate animal model.
| Experiment | Trait | BW | K2-factor | FW | SW | SW/FW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXP1 | BW | — | 0.26 ± 0.05 | 0.01 | −0.01 | −0.04 ± 0.05 |
| K2-factor | 0.50 ± 0.09 | — | 0.04 | −0.05 | −0.06 ± 0.04 | |
| FW | −0.49 | −0.61 | — | 0.53 | a | |
| SW | −0.25 | 0.66 | −0.16 | — | a | |
| SW/FW | 0.07 ± 0.15 | 0.68 ± 0.14 | a | a | — | |
| EXP2 | BW | — | 0.32 ± 0.05 | −0.13 ± 0.04 | 0.08 ± 0.04 | 0.14 ± 0.04 |
| K2-factor | 0.22 ± 0.08 | — | −0.13 ± 0.04 | 0.07 ± 0.04 | 0.16 ± 0.04 | |
| FW | −0.04 ± 0.16 | −0.24 ± 0.15 | — | 0.32 ± 0.03 | a | |
| SW | 0.14 ± 0.17 | 0.02 ± 0.16 | 0.03 ± 0.28 | — | a | |
| SW/FW | 0.16 ± 0.14 | 0.33 ± 0.12 | a | a | — |
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For EXP1, the parameter estimates did not converge for the four-trait model with BW × K2-factor × FW × SW, and the estimates are, thus, not reliable.