Table 5 Posterior means of genetic and phenotypic correlations (PSD in parentheses) of production traits (BW and Gain) with two RFI traits (\({\text{RFI}}_{\text{P}}\) and \({\text{RFI}}_{\text{G}}\))
Production traits | \({\text{RFI}}_{\text{P}}\) | Genetic correlation | Production traits | \({\text{RFI}}_{\text{G}}\) | Phenotypic correlation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
\({\text{BW}}_{{{\text{m}}\left( {\text{t}} \right)}}\) | \({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{P}}\left( {\text{m tdays}} \right)}}\) | 0.09 (0.09) | \({\text{BW}}_{{{\text{m}}\left( {\text{t}} \right)}}\) | \({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{G}}\left( {\text{m tdays}} \right)}}\) | − 0.04 (0.07) |
\({\text{BW}}_{{{\text{f}}\left( {\text{t}} \right)}}\) | \({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{P}}\left( {\text{f tdays}} \right)}}\) | 0.24 (0.08) | \({\text{BW}}_{{{\text{f}}\left( {\text{t}} \right)}}\) | \({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{G}}\left( {\text{f tdays}} \right)}}\) | − 0.15 (0.06) |
\({\text{BW}}_{{{\text{m}}\left( {{\text{t}} - 6} \right)}}\) | \({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{P}}\left( {{\text{m t}} - 6{\text{days}}} \right)}}\) | 0.04 (0.11) | \({\text{BW}}_{{{\text{m}}\left( {{\text{t}} - 6} \right)}}\) | \({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{G}}\left( {{\text{m t}} - 6{\text{days}}} \right)}}\) | − 0.002 (0.12) |
\({\text{BW}}_{{{\text{f}}\left( {{\text{t}} - 6} \right)}}\) | \({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{P}}\left( {{\text{f t}} - 6{\text{days }}} \right)}}\) | 0.10 (0.09) | \({\text{BW}}_{{{\text{f}}\left( {{\text{t}} - 6} \right)}}\) | \({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{G}}\left( {{\text{f t}} - 6{\text{days }}} \right)}}\) | − 0.05 (0.08) |
\({\text{Gain}}_{{{\text{m}}\left( {\text{t}} \right)}}\) | \({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{P}}\left( {\text{m tdays}} \right)}}\) | 0.32 (0.10) | \({\text{Gain}}_{{{\text{m}}\left( {\text{t}} \right)}}\) | \({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{G}}\left( {\text{m tdays}} \right)}}\) | − 0.27 (0.08) |
\({\text{Gain}}_{{{\text{f}}\left( {\text{t}} \right)}}\) | \({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{P}}\left( {\text{f tdays}} \right)}}\) | 0.20 (0.09) | \({\text{Gain}}_{{{\text{f}}\left( {\text{t}} \right)}}\) | \({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{G}}\left( {\text{f tdays}} \right)}}\) | − 0.14 (0.08) |
\({\text{Gain}}_{{{\text{m}}\left( {{\text{t}} - 6} \right)}}\) | \({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{P}}\left( {{\text{m t}} - 6{\text{days }}} \right)}}\) | 0.11 (0.13) | \({\text{Gain}}_{{{\text{m}}\left( {{\text{t}} - 6} \right)}}\) | \({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{G}}\left( {{\text{m t}} - 6{\text{days }}} \right)}}\) | − 0.10 (0.13) |
\({\text{Gain}}_{{{\text{f}}\left( {{\text{t}} - 6} \right)}}\) | \({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{P}}\left( {{\text{f t}} - 6{\text{days }}} \right)}}\) | 0.12 (0.10) | \({\text{Gain}}_{{{\text{f}}\left( {{\text{t}} - 6} \right)}}\) | \({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{G}}\left( {{\text{f t}} - 6{\text{days }}} \right)}}\) | − 0.09 (0.10) |