Economic optimization of full-sib test group size and genotyping effort in a breeding program for Atlantic salmon

Table 2 Genetic correlations (below diagonal), phenotypic correlations (above diagonal), and heritability estimates (diagonal) for the traits used

	TGC	TFC	\({\text{R}}_{0}\)	FY	DGY	FilletFat	ViscFat
TGC	0.34	0.56	0	0	0	0.07^a	0.13^a
TFC	0.69	0.23	0	0	0	0.06^a	0.09^a
\({\text{R}}_{0}\)	0	0	0.26^b	0	0	0	0
FY	0	0	0	0.35^c	0.71^c	0	0
DGY	0	0	0	0.97^c	0.54^c	0	0
FilletFat	− 0.26^a	0.41^a	0	0	0	0.42^d	0.01^d
ViscFat	0.29^a	0.09^a	0	0	0	0.01^d	0.23^d

TGC thermal growth coefficient (g^1/3/(day degrees × 1000)), TFC thermal feed intake coefficient (g^0.317/(day degrees × 1000)), \({{R}}_{0}\) for sea lice, FY fillet yield (%), DGY deheaded gutted yield (%), FilletFat fillet fat content (%), ViscFat visceral fat score (from 0 to 4)
^aKause et al. [17]
^bGjerde et al. [14]
^cHaffray et al. [12]
^dDo [13]

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