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)

From: Population-specific variations of the genetic architecture of sex determination in wild European sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax L.

Trait

Sex

BW180 dph

BL180 dph

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