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Table 3 Estimates of heritabilities [italics on diagonals, standard errors (SE) in parentheses], genetic correlations (above diagonals, SE in parentheses) and phenotypic correlations (below diagonals) for drinking behaviour traits for each line

From: The genetic basis of novel water utilisation and drinking behaviour traits and their relationship with biological performance in turkeys

Trait

VPB

WPB

DTPB

DR

DBF

DBD

DDT

DWI

Line A

 VPB

0.09 (0.01)

−0.40 (0.02)

−0.16 (0.02)

−0.15 (0.03)

0.36 (0.04)

0.29 (0.02)

0.14 (0.03)

−0.03 (0.03)

 WPB

−0.14

0.34 (0.02 )

0.49 (0.04)

0.36 (0.05)

−0.81 (0.02)

−0.42 (0.05)

−0.22 (0.05)

0.32 (0.05)

 DTPB

−0.07

0.51

0.36 (0.02)

−0.63 (0.01)

−0.47 (0.02)

0.37 (0.05)

0.59 (0.03)

0.02 (0.06)

 DR

−0.06

0.41

−0.52

0.40 (0.02)

−0.23 (0.02)

−0.79 (0.02)

−0.85 (0.02)

0.24 (0.06)

 DBF

0.14

−0.75

−0.48

−0.23

0.31 (0.02)

0.62 (0.03)

0.41 (0.04)

0.29 (0.05)

 DBD

0.22

−0.38

0.30

−0.68

0.63

0.31 (0.02)

0.96 (0.00)

0.29 (0.05)

 DDT

0.07

−0.23

0.52

−0.75

0.46

0.92

0.35 (0.02)

0.29 (0.05)

 DWI

−0.00

0.30

0.01

0.28

0.34

0.32

0.34

0.29 (0.02)

Line B

 VPB

0.24 (0.02)

−0.12 (0.03)

0.11 (0.04)

−0.27 (0.07)

0.11 (0.06)

0.45 (0.04)

0.19 (0.05)

−0.11 (0.07)

 WPB

−0.13

0.38 (0.02)

0.59 (0.03)

0.28 (0.02)

−0.88 (0.01)

−0.47 (0.02)

−0.11 (0.02)

0.38 (0.05)

 DTPB

−0.04

0.64

0.45 (0.02)

−0.61 (0.02)

−0.57 (0.04)

0.23 (0.05)

0.64 (0.02)

0.13 (0.05)

 DR

−0.08

0.30

−0.50

0.50 (0.03)

−0.19 (0.04)

−0.75 (0.02)

−0.89 (0.01)

0.22 (0.04)

 DBF

0.11

−0.82

−0.58

−0.20

0.36 (0.01)

0.61 (0.02)

0.24 (0.04)

0.08 (0.06)

 DBD

0.31

−0.45

0.09

−0.60

0.64

0.39 (0.02)

0.83 (0.02)

0.17 (0.06)

 DDT

0.05

−0.17

0.51

−0.81

0.34

0.77

0.46 (0.04)

0.25 (0.06)

 DWI

−0.07

0.26

0.05

0.23

0.23

0.25

0.31

0.34 (0.02)

  1. VPB number of visits per bout, WPB water intake per bout, DTPB drinking time per bout, DR drinking rate, DBF daily bout frequency, DBD daily bout duration, DDT daily drinking time, DWI daily water intake