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Table 4 Genetic and phenotypic correlations

From: Estimation of genetic parameters for the implementation of selective breeding in commercial insect production

 

Larval size

Larval survival

Development time

Adult survival

Larval size

–

0.56 (0.17)

− 0.05 (0.17)

NC

Larval survival

0.68 (0.59)

–

0.37 (0.18)

NC

Development time

0.47 (0.47)

− 0.21 (0.84)

–

0.34 (0.22)

Adult survival

NC

NC

− 0.67 (0.55)

–

  1. Values above the diagonal are phenotypic correlations (± SE), below the diagonal are genetic correlations (± SE) between pairwise combinations of larval size and survival, egg-to-adult development time and egg-to-adult survival. NC indicates that the algorithm did not converge
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Genetics Selection Evolution

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