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Table 6 Genetic correlations (below diagonal), phenotypic correlations (above diagonal), and heritabilities (diagonal) of traits and their genomic selection counterparts for n*′ = [16 17 16 17]

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

 

TGC

TFC

\({\text{R}}_{0}\)

FY

DGY

FilletFat

ViscFat

G_TGC

\(\text{G}\_{\text{R}}_{0}\)

G_DGY

G_FilletFat

G_ViscFat

TGC

0.34

0.56

0

0

0

0.07

0.13

0.41

0

0

− 0.10

0.10

TFC

0.69

0.23

0

0

0

0.06

0.09

0.23

0

0

0.13

0.03

\({\text{R}}_{0}\)

0

0

0.26

0

0

0

0

0

0.31

0

0

0

FY

0

0

0

0.35

0.71

0

0

0

0

0.39

0

0

DGY

0

0

0

0.97

0.54

0

0

0

0

0.50

0

0

FilletFat

− 0.26

0.41

0

0

0

0.42

0.01

− 0.12

0

0

0.42

0

ViscFat

0.29

0.09

0

0

0

0.01

0.23

0.10

0

0

0

0.28

G_TGC

0.71

0.49

0

0

0

− 0.18

0.21

0.999

0

0

− 0.12

0.12

\(\text{G}\_{\text{R}}_{0}\)

0

0

0.61

0

0

0

0

0

0.999

0

0

0

G_DGY

0

0

0

0.65

0.67

0

0

0

0

0.999

0

0

G_FilletFat

− 0.17

0.27

0

0

0

0.65

0.01

− 0.12

0

0

0.999

0

G_ViscFat

0.17

0.05

0

0

0

0.01

0.59

0.12

0

0

0.00

0.999

  1. TGC thermal growth coefficient (g1/3/(day degrees × 1000)), TFC thermal feed intake coefficient (g0.317/(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), G_trait trait for which within-family genomic prediction was used to estimate breeding values