Table 4 Mean [highest posterior density interval at 95%] of the estimated marginal distribution of the additive and dominance genotypic correlations between traits estimated in a purebred (PB) and a crossbred (CB) population.

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

Traits

 

\({rg}_{A}\)a

\({rg}_{D}\)b

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

ADG, BFT

PB

0.83 [0.31, 1]

0.11 [−0.61, 0.86]

0.62

CB

0.30 [−0.11, 0.65]

0.77 [0.47, 0.99]

0.99

ADG, PHS

PB

−0.70 [−1, −0.24]

−0.34 [−0.99, 0.56]

0.26

CB

0.15 [−0.39, 0.69]

−0.15 [−0.57, 0.30]

0.23

BFT, PHS

PB

−0.57 [−0.97, −0.22]

0.55 [0.14, 0.95]

0.98

CB

−0.66 [−0.97, −0.14]

0.46 [0.09, 0.87]

0.98

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