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Table 4 Posterior means (± posterior standard deviation) of the heritability, microbiability obtained from bivariate analyses between production traits with models (2), (3) and (4)

From: Microbiability and microbiome-wide association analyses of feed efficiency and performance traits in pigs

Model

Trait 1

Trait 2

\({\mathrm{h}}_{\mathrm{T}1}^{2}\)

\({\mathrm{h}}_{\mathrm{T}2}^{2}\)

\({\mathrm{m}}_{\mathrm{T}1}^{2}\)

\({\mathrm{m}}_{\mathrm{T}2}^{2}\)

\({\mathrm{r}}_{\mathrm{a}12}\)

\({\mathrm{r}}_{\mathrm{m}12}\)

(2)

RFI

FCR

0.12 ± 0.13

0.25 ± 0.09

0.75 ± 0.33

DFI

0.26 ± 0.11

0.04 ± 0.05

0.87 ± 0.33

ADG

0.12 ± 0.10

0.09 ± 0.07

− 0.87 ± 0.39

BFT

0.23 ± 0.10

0.01 ± 0.00

− 1.00 ± NE

FCR

DFI

0.23 ± 0.12

0.12 ± 0.07

0.66 ± 0.46

ADG

0.17 ± 0.11

0.13 ± 0.07

− 0.94 ± 0.13

BFT

0.24 ± 0.13

0.06 ± 0.07

0.76 ± 0.40

DFI

ADG

0.03 ± 0.04

0.13 ± 0.07

− 0.38 ± 0.66

BFT

0.06 ± 0.04

0.16 ± 0.07

0.88 ± 0.32

ADG

BFT

0.04 ± 0.05

0.14 ± 0.06

− 0.28 ± 0.66

(3)

RFI

FCR

0.35 ± 0.12

0.40 ± 0.12

0.64 ± 0.16

DFI

0.31 ± 0.10

0.51 ± 0.14

0.49 ± 0.22

ADG

0.33 ± 0.10

0.52 ± 0.13

− 0.01 ± 0.24

BFT

0.30 ± 0.09

0.53 ± 0.10

0.002 ± 0.20

FCR

DFI

0.33 ± 0.15

0.52 ± 0.14

0.50 ± 0.26

ADG

0.39 ± 0.13

0.47 ± 0.14

− 0.23 ± 0.24

BFT

0.34 ± 0.12

0.51 ± 0.12

0.59 ± 0.20

DFI

ADG

0.50 ± 0.12

0.49 ± 0.13

0.64 ± 0.16

BFT

0.52 ± 0.14

0.55 ± 0.12

0.65 ± 0.14

ADG

BFT

0.54 ± 0.15

0.53 ± 0.11

0.30 ± 0.19

(4)

RFI

FCR

0.35 ± 0.11

0.38 ± 0.13

0.16 ± 0.10

0.23 ± 0.10

0.66 ± 0.16

0.70 ± 0.34

DFI

0.29 ± 0.09

0.54 ± 0.13

0.18 ± 0.12

0.06 ± 0.04

0.63 ± 0.17

0.71 ± 0.47

ADG

0.33 ± 0.10

0.51 ± 0.13

0.09 ± 0.08

0.10 ± 0.05

0.00 ± 0.27

− 0.54 ± 0.60

BFT

0.29 ± 0.10

0.52 ± 0.11

0.17 ± 0.08

0.05 ± 0.03

0.02 ± 0.27

− 1.00 ± NE

FCR

DFI

0.32 ± 0.12

0.52 ± 0.12

0.28 ± 0.10

0.08 ± 0.03

0.44 ± 0.25

0.99 ± NE

ADG

0.38 ± 0.13

0.51 ± 0.13

0.22 ± 0.10

0.11 ± 0.05

− 0.25 ± 0.21

− 0.91 ± 0.18

BFT

0.34 ± 0.11

0.49 ± 0.10

0.23 ± 0.09

0.05 ± 0.04

0.52 ± 0.20

0.40 ± 0.64

DFI

ADG

0.48 ± 0.13

0.49 ± 0.12

0.04 ± 0.04

0.12 ± 0.06

0.62 ± 0.16

− 0.37 ± 0.56

BFT

0.50 ± 0.13

0.51 ± 0.10

0.04 ± 0.04

0.06 ± 0.04

0.61 ± 0.15

0.50 ± 0.58

ADG

BFT

0.49 ± 0.14

0.50 ± 0.11

0.04 ± 0.05

0.06 ± 0.05

0.30 ± 0.20

0.96 ± 0.11

  1. \({\mathrm{h}}_{\mathrm{T}1}^{2}\): heritability of first trait, \({\mathrm{h}}_{\mathrm{T}2}^{2}\): heritability of second trait, \({\mathrm{m}}_{\mathrm{T}1}^{2}\): microbiability of first trait, \({\mathrm{m}}_{\mathrm{T}2}^{2}\): microbiability of second trait, \({\mathrm{r}}_{\mathrm{a}12}\): genetic correlation, \({\mathrm{r}}_{\mathrm{m}12}\): microbial correlation, NE: not estimable
  2. RFI residual feed intake, FCR feed conversion ratio, DFI daily feed intake, ADG average daily gain, BFT backfat thickness