Table 3 Mean [highest posterior density interval at 95%] of the correlation between purebred and crossbred additive (\({rg}_{A}\)) and dominance (\({rg}_{D}\)) genotypic effects estimated in a bivariate model where purebred and crossbred performances are considered different traits.

From: Genic and non-genic SNP contributions to additive and dominance genetic effects in purebred and crossbred pig traits

Trait

\({rg}_{A}\)

\({rg}_{D}\)

P (\({rg}_{D}\)> 0)a

ADG

0.92 [0.74, 1]

0.21 [−0.94, 1]

0.67

BFT

0.83 [0.54, 1]

0.38 [−0.66, 1]

0.77

PHS

0.86 [0.58, 1]

0.30 [−0.67, 1]

0.72

  1. ADG average daily gain, BFT backfat thickness, PHS pH of the semimembranosus muscle.
  2. aProbability of a positive dominance genotypic correlation (P (\({\mathrm{rg}}_{\mathrm{D}}\)> 0)).
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