Survival, growth and sexual maturation in Atlantic salmon exposed to infectious pancreatic necrosis: a multi-variate mixture model approach

Table 3 Posterior means heritabilities of the four traits, estimated with five models

Model¹	Healthy growth	Liability of healthy	Sexual maturation	Survival	Runt growth
1	0.24 (0.03)	-	-	-	-
2	0.25 (0.03)	0.68 (0.11)	-	-	-
3	0.27 (0.04)	0.44 (0.08)	0.32 (0.04)	-	-
4	0.32 (0.04)	0.39 (0.07)	0.33 (0.05)	0.47 (0.03)	-
5	0.35 (0.05)	0.36 (0.08)	0.33 (0.05)	0.48 (0.03)	0.28 (0.11)

Posterior standard errors, estimated as standard deviations between the stored rounds of Gibbs sampler, are given in brackets.
¹ Models: (1) Normal animal model for growth; (2) Bivariate model including growth and liability of being healthy; (3) Extension of (2) where sexual maturation is included as a third trait; (4) An extension of (3) to also include a survival-model with genetic effects; (5) An extension of (4) to include a genetic effect of growth in runts as well as in healthy animals.

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