Table 5 Estimates of phenotypic variance (V_p), residual variance (V_r), direct additive genetic variance (V_g), maternal genetic variance (V_m), common environmental effects within litter variance (V_e), of direct and maternal heritability (in italics on diagonal), and of genetic correlations (below diagonal) for traits at the piglet level

V _p

0.131 ± 0.001

119,480 ± 2290

V _r

0.121 ± 0.001

86,549 ± 1761

V _g

0.002 ± 0.002

8822 ± 2970

V _m

0.004 ± 0.001

12,313 ± 3420

V _e

0.004 ± 0.001

11,793 ± 2614

Direct heritability for HEAD CLASS

0.01 ± 0.007

Direct heritability for Ind BWT

− 0.90 ± 0.099

0.07 ± 0.024

Maternal heritability for HEAD CLASS

0.03 ± 0.009

Maternal heritability for Ind BWT

− 0.85 ± 0.077

0.10 ± 0.028

Direct evolvability

7.68%

0.42%