Table 2 Posterior means of variance components and heritability of body weight (BW), feed intake (FI), body weight gain (Gain), and two RFI traits (\({\text{RFI}}_{\text{P}}\) and \({\text{RFI}}_{\text{G}}\)), with their posterior standard deviations (PSD)
Traits | \(\sigma_{\text{a}}^{ 2}\) (g2) | PSD | \(\sigma_{\text{e}}^{ 2}\) (g2) | PSD | \(\sigma_{\text{pe}}^{ 2}\) (g2) | PSD | \({\text{h}}^{ 2}\) | PSD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
\({\text{BW}}_{{{\text{m}}\left( {\text{t}} \right)}}\) | 17,865.5 | 1870.0 | 37,592.8 | 1056.0 | 1868.5 | 391.4 | 0.31 | 0.03 |
\({\text{BW}}_{{{\text{f}}\left( {\text{t}} \right)}}\) | 13,339.2 | 1349.4 | 25,141.9 | 747.1 | 1519.5 | 282.4 | 0.33 | 0.03 |
\({\text{BW}}_{{{\text{m}}\left( {{\text{t}} - 6} \right)}}\) | 12,277.1 | 1643.8 | 23,589.6 | 902.1 | 1578.6 | 354.2 | 0.33 | 0.04 |
\({\text{BW}}_{{{\text{f}}\left( {{\text{t}} - 6} \right)}}\) | 10,228.5 | 1263.3 | 15,983.8 | 680.3 | 1116.8 | 249.8 | 0.37 | 0.04 |
\({\text{FI}}_{{{\text{m}}\left( {\text{t}} \right)}}\) | 8014.2 | 993.4 | 17,993.3 | 647.0 | 976.5 | 280.0 | 0.30 | 0.03 |
\({\text{FI}}_{{{\text{f}}\left( {\text{t}} \right)}}\) | 4926.2 | 535.9 | 13,493.1 | 339.9 | 616.3 | 140.6 | 0.26 | 0.03 |
\({\text{FI}}_{{{\text{m}}\left( {{\text{t}} - 6} \right)}}\) | 6981.7 | 1178.8 | 10,445.3 | 706.1 | 971.7 | 312.9 | 0.38 | 0.05 |
\({\text{FI}}_{{{\text{f}}\left( {{\text{t}} - 6} \right)}}\) | 4645.4 | 568.7 | 8343.7 | 350.6 | 447.1 | 144.0 | 0.35 | 0.04 |
\({\text{Gain}}_{{{\text{m}}\left( {\text{t}} \right)}}\) | 4053.8 | 576.9 | 13,212.1 | 414.5 | 549.6 | 174.1 | 0.23 | 0.03 |
\({\text{Gain}}_{{{\text{f}}\left( {\text{t}} \right)}}\) | 1664.5 | 210.4 | 6841.4 | 147.9 | 231.8 | 58.3 | 0.19 | 0.02 |
\({\text{Gain}}_{{{\text{m}}\left( {{\text{t}} - 6} \right)}}\) | 4307.4 | 798.3 | 7686.0 | 490.6 | 607.0 | 203.2 | 0.34 | 0.05 |
\({\text{Gain}}_{{{\text{f}}\left( {{\text{t}} - 6} \right)}}\) | 2099.1 | 297.3 | 5124.7 | 195.6 | 239.9 | 76.7 | 0.28 | 0.04 |
\({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{P}}\left( {\text{m tdays}} \right)}}\) | 1431.2 | 247.1 | 6260.3 | 183.8 | 290.7 | 83.7 | 0.18 | 0.03 |
\({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{P}}\left( {\text{f tdays}} \right)}}\) | 961.1 | 143.0 | 4878.0 | 103.0 | 231.1 | 48.6 | 0.16 | 0.02 |
\({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{P}}\left( {{\text{m t}} - 6{\text{days}}} \right)}}\) | 1443.0 | 295.7 | 3369.7 | 191.4 | 272.0 | 89.3 | 0.28 | 0.05 |
\({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{P}}\left( {{\text{f t}} - 6{\text{days}}} \right)}}\) | 747.0 | 128.3 | 2243.2 | 83.0 | 117.8 | 35.4 | 0.24 | 0.04 |
\({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{G}}\left( {\text{m tdays}} \right)}}\) | 1261.0 | 246.1 | 7171.2 | 537.7 | 299.5 | 90.7 | 0.14 | 0.03 |
\({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{G}}\left( {\text{f tdays}} \right)}}\) | 874.8 | 145.7 | 5241.3 | 207.1 | 256.9 | 54.3 | 0.14 | 0.02 |
\({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{G}}\left( {{\text{m t}} - 6{\text{days}}} \right)}}\) | 1380.8 | 297.5 | 3660.2 | 365.5 | 287.9 | 96.9 | 0.26 | 0.05 |
\({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{G}}\left( {{\text{f t}} - 6{\text{days}}} \right)}}\) | 720.5 | 128.0 | 2357.2 | 134.0 | 128.3 | 40.6 | 0.22 | 0.04 |