Table 6 Posterior means of genetic and phenotypic correlations (PSD in parentheses) of feed intake with two RFI traits (\({\text{RFI}}_{\text{P}}\) and \({\text{RFI}}_{\text{G}}\))
Feed intake | Two RFI definitions | Genetic correlation | Phenotypic correlation |
|---|---|---|---|
\({\text{FI}}_{{{\text{m}}\left( {\text{t}} \right)}}\) | \({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{P}}\left( {\text{m tdays}} \right)}}\) | 0.66 (0.06) | 0.54 (0.01) |
\({\text{FI}}_{{{\text{f}}\left( {\text{t}} \right)}}\) | \({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{P}}\left( {\text{f tdays}} \right)}}\) | 0.64 (0.05) | 0.57 (0.01) |
\({\text{FI}}_{{{\text{m}}\left( {{\text{t}} - 6} \right)}}\) | \({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{P}}\left( {{\text{m t}} - 6{\text{days}}} \right)}}\) | 0.54 (0.09) | 0.53 (0.01) |
\({\text{FI}}_{{{\text{f}}\left( {{\text{t}} - 6} \right)}}\) | \({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{P}}\left( {{\text{f t}} - 6{\text{days }}} \right)}}\) | 0.51 (0.07) | 0.48 (0.01) |
\({\text{FI}}_{{{\text{m}}\left( {\text{t}} \right)}}\) | \({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{G}}\left( {\text{m tdays}} \right)}}\) | 0.40 (0.04) | 0.31 (0.08) |
\({\text{FI}}_{{{\text{f}}\left( {\text{t}} \right)}}\) | \({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{G}}\left( {\text{f tdays}} \right)}}\) | 0.42 (0.04) | 0.41 (0.06) |
\({\text{FI}}_{{{\text{m}}\left( {{\text{t}} - 6} \right)}}\) | \({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{G}}\left( {{\text{m t}} - 6{\text{days }}} \right)}}\) | 0.45 (0.06) | 0.43 (0.11) |
\({\text{FI}}_{{{\text{f}}\left( {{\text{t}} - 6} \right)}}\) | \({\text{RFI}}_{{{\text{G}}\left( {{\text{f t}} - 6{\text{days }}} \right)}}\) | 0.39 (0.04) | 0.39 (0.08) |