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Table 4 Estimates of heritabilities and standard errors (SE) (in bold on the diagonal) and of genetic correlations (below the diagonal) and their standard errors (above the diagonal)

From: Selective genotyping strategies for a sib test scheme of a broiler breeder program

 

BWB

BWC

WMPct

LegQPct

FE

Gain

BWB

0.34 (0.02)

0.04

0.05

0.05

0.04

0.04

BWC

0.59

0.37 (0.03)

0.05

0.05

0.05

0.05

WMPct

0.25

0.04

0.61 (0.03)

0.05

0.05

0.05

LegQPct

− 0.06

0.02

− 0.39

0.60 (0.03)

0.05

0.05

FE

0.02

0.03

− 0.26

0.08

0.24 (0.01)

0.05

Gain

0.30

0.11

0.02

0.01

0.18

0.22 (0.01)

  1. Bold characters refer to the esstimates of heritabilities and their standard errors (SE)
  2. BWB body weight recorded in Env B; BWC body weight recorded in Env C; WMPct white meat percentage; LegQPct leg quarter percentage; FE feed efficiency; and Gain: bodyweight gain