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Table 1 Heritabilities, phenotypic standard deviations, correlations between traits, and economic weights of the simulated traits [9]

From: Analysis of different genotyping and selection strategies in laying hen breeding programs

 

ew

SD

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Laying performance 1 (1)

3

22.7

0.35

0.16

− 0.05

− 0.10

− 0.20

− 0.14

− 0.06

0.05

0.05

Laying performance 2 (2)

6

4.8

0.06

0.10

0.73

0.58

− 0.30

0.05

− 0.05

0.15

− 0.05

Laying performance 3 (3)

6

7.0

− 0.01

0.47

0.12

0.85

− 0.20

0.09

− 0.08

0.15

− 0.05

Laying performance 4 (4)

9

7.3

− 0.07

0.27

0.32

0.20

− 0.20

0.10

− 0.12

0.20

− 0.08

Egg weight (5)

18

3.8

− 0.18

− 0.08

− 0.04

− 0.06

0.75

0.64

− 0.20

− 0.40

0.02

Feed consumption (6)

− 12

10.0

− 0.05

0.08

0.07

0.01

0.43

0.50

− 0.05

− 0.24

0.01

Egg shell strength (7)

7

7.0

0.05

0.13

0.11

0.10

− 0.12

− 0.04

0.35

0.08

0.02

Hatchability (8)

2

25.8

0.05

0.13

0.09

0.07

− 0.25

− 0.13

0.09

0.26

− 0.01

Mortality (9)

− 3

0.2

0.02

− 0.03

− 0.04

− 0.05

0.01

0.01

− 0.01

− 0.01

0.03

  1. ew = relative economic weight per trait unit; SD = phenotypic standard deviation; heritabilities on diagonal; genetic correlations above diagonal; phenotypic correlations below diagonal