Table 6 Estimates ± standard error of heritability (on the diagonal in italics) and of genetic (above diagonal) and phenotypic correlations (below diagonal) for egg number in selected weeks of egg production
| Â | Week 1 | Week 4 | Week 8 | Week 12 | Week 16 | Week 20 | Week 24 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Week 1 | 0.09 ± 0.01 | 0.88 ± 0.04 | 0.75 ± 0.06 | 0.70 ± 0.06 | 0.67 ± 0.06 | 0.67 ± 0.06 | 0.76 ± 0.05 |
Week 4 | 0.27 ± 0.01 | 0.11 ± 0.01 | 0.96 ± 0.01 | 0.88 ± 0.02 | 0.78 ± 0.04 | 0.74 ± 0.04 | 0.87 ± 0.02 |
Week 8 | 0.18 ± 0.01 | 0.35 ± 0.01 | 0.14 ± 0.01 | 0.97 ± 0.01 | 0.89 ± 0.02 | 0.84 ± 0.03 | 0.94 ± 0.01 |
Week 12 | 0.15 ± 0.01 | 0.30 ± 0.01 | 0.39 ± 0.01 | 0.17 ±  0.01 | 0.97 ± 0.01 | 0.95 ± 0.01 | 0.99 ± 0.01 |
Week 16 | 0.14 ± 0.01 | 0.23 ± 0.01 | 0.32 ± 0.01 | 0.40 ± 0.01 | 0.21 ± 0.02 | 0.99 ± 0.00 | 0.99 ± 0.00 |
Week 20 | 0.15 ± 0.01 | 0.18 ± 0.01 | 0.25 ± 0.01 | 0.34 ± 0.01 | 0.42 ± 0.01 | 0.21 ± 0.02 | 0.97 ± 0.01 |
Week 24 | 0.14 ± 0.01 | 0.21 ± 0.01 | 0.24 ± 0.01 | 0.25 ± 0.01 | 0.27 ± 0.01 | 0.31 ± 0.01 | 0.12 ± 0.01 |