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Table 3 Genetic correlations (above diagonal), permanent environmental maternal correlations (below diagonal) of body weight (BW) of broiler chicken reared in breeding (B) and commercial production (C) environments at 5 and 6 weeks of age

From: Use of genomic information to exploit genotype-by-environment interactions for body weight of broiler chicken in bio-secure and production environments

BW at week

Environment

B

C

5

6

5

6

5

B

1

0.956

0.535

0.490

6

0.953

1

0.497

0.479

5

C

0.690

0.589

1

0.989

6

0.723

0.628

0.999

1

  1. Standard errors: genetic correlations ± 0.010–0.064; permanent environmental maternal correlations ± 0.027–0.155
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Genetics Selection Evolution

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