Management of lethal recessive alleles in beef cattle through the use of mate selection software

Table 3 Genetic parameters with estimated heritabilities on the diagonal (in italics) and genetic correlations above the diagonal

	HP	CED	CEM	WWD	WWM	FT	STAY
HP	0.21	0	0	0.29	0	0	0
CED		0.2	− 0.3	− 0.16	0	0	0
CEM			0.1	0	0	0	0.25
WWD				0.2	− 0.17	0.1	0
WWM					0.14	0	− 0.15
FT						0.4	0.53
STAY							0.15
GLS

HP heifer pregnancy, CED calving ease direct, CEM calving ease maternal, WWD weaning weight direct, WWM weaning weight maternal or milk, FT fat thickness, STAY stayability, GLS genetic load score (this reflects long-term impact on expression of LOF mortality; see text for details)
^aAssuming total independence of GLS

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