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Table 1 Estimates of heritabilities and genetic correlations for litter size at different parities

From: Non-additive effects of RBP4, ESR1 and IGF2 polymorphisms on litter size at different parities in a Chinese-European porcine line

Parity

1

2

3

4

5

≥ 6

classes

(N = 2,536)

(N = 1,567)

(N = 971)

(N = 590)

(N = 397)

(N = 411)

1

0.15 (0.02)

0.85 (0.09)

0.60 (0.10)

0.85 (0.08)

0.49 (0.12)

0.61 (0.11)

2

 

0.13 (0.03)

0.83 (0.11)

0.86 (0.08)

0.42 (0.13)

0.71 (0.16)

3

  

0.15 (0.03)

0.87 (0.07)

0.58 (0.14)

0.90 (0.13)

4

   

0.18 (0.03)

0.79 (0.09)

0.93 (0.08)

5

    

0.41 (0.07)

0.86 (0.07)

≥6

     

0.35 (0.05)

p 2

     

0.00 (0.00)

  1. Heritabilities over parities (diagonal); genetic correlations (above diagonal);
  2. p2= permanent environmental effect; numbers of litters (N) per parity and values of standard errors are presented between brackets
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