Table 2 Heritability (± s.e., in bold on the diagonal) for sex (on the liability scale) and growth-related traits (body weight, BW, and body length, BL, at 180 dph), genetic (± s.e.; below the diagonal), and phenotypic correlations (above the diagonal) among traits, estimated with VCE 6.0 (Groeneveld et al. 2010)
Trait | Sex | BW180 dph | BL180 dph |
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Sex | 0.52 ± 0.17 | 0.42 | 0.42 |
BW180 dph | 0.69 ± 0.12 | 0.46 ± 0.17 | 0.97 |
BL180 dph | 0.66 ± 0.13 | 0.99 ± 0.005 | 0.34 ± 0.15 |