Table 1 Explained variance in different models for Body Weight (BW), Feed Intake (FI), and Feed Efficiency (FE)

Body Weight

E

9.96(1.93) 58%

9.82(0.94) 64%

3.57(0.9) 21%

7.07(1.77) 41%

2.43(1.01) 14%

3.08(0.77) 19%

2.06(1) 12%

P

7.26(3.42) 42%

-

-

5.04(3.15) 29%

2.45(1.41) 14%

-

2.08(1.47) 12%

S

-

5.63(0.9) 36%

-

5.14(1.08) 30%

-

2.9(0.67) 18%

2.82(0.73) 17%

G

-

-

13.45(1.57) 79%

-

12.37(1.56) 72%

10.29(1.6) 63%

9.93(1.44) 59%

Total

17.22

15.45

17.02

17.25

17.25

16.27

16.89

Feed Intake

E

155.59(42) 47%

202.89(22) 72%

151.89(27) 51%

137.63(40) 42%

95.48(36) 30%

125.91(24) 43%

80.41(34) 25%

P

174.89(82) 53%

-

-

131.88(79) 40%

99.74(57) 31%

-

89.97(53) 28%

S

-

79.53(22) 28%

-

56.32(22) 18%

-

56.05(19) 19%

45.09(18) 14%

G

-

-

150.24(41) 49%

-

125.33(35) 39%

111.84(33) 38%

104.9(33) 33%

Total

330.48

282.42

302.13

325.83

320.55

293.8

320.37

Feed Efficiency (×10,000)

E

1.59(0.44) 42%

2.40(0.26) 76%

2.23(0.3) 69%

1.53(0.44) 42%

1.09(0.48) 30%

1.88(0.3) 58%

1.07(0.46) 29%

P

2.17(0.92) 58%

-

-

1.73(0.86) 47%

1.87(0.78) 51%

-

1.61(0.77) 44%

S

-

0.76(0.24) 24%

-

0.39(0.22) 11%

-

0.61(0.23) 19%

0.33(0.2) 9%

G

-

-

1.01(0.34) 31%

-

0.71(0.28) 19%

0.73(0.32) 23%

0.66(0.27) 18%

Total

3.76

3.16

3.24

3.65

3.67

3.22

3.67