Table 2 heritability (bold,diagonal), genetic correlations (above diagonal) and phenotypic correlations (below diagonal) for body size and carcass traits (±standard errors)

NL

>0.42 ± 0.14

>0.31 ± 0.17

>0.11 ± 0.24

>0.42 ± 0.14

>0.18 ± 0.33

>0.38 ± 0.15

>− 0.07 ± 0.21

>0.39 ± 0.15

>0.04 ± 0.20

>0.41 ± 0.14

>0.31 ± 0.21

>0.45 ± 0.14

>0.52 ± 0.13

>0.20 ± 0.16

>0.13 ± 0.17

>−0.14 ± 0.21

>0.14 ± 0.24

>−0.10 ± 0.25

FBL

0.40

0.45 ± 0.14

0.48 ± 0.15

0.81 ± 0.10

0.44 ± 0.31

0.76 ± 0.11

−0.12 ± 0.20

0.75 ± 0.11

>−0.15 ± 0.19

0.81 ± 0.10

0.83 ± 0.16

0.67 ± 0.15

0.68 ± 0.13

0.86 ± 0.12

0.68 ± 0.14

0.44 ± 0.20

0.37 ± 0.22

0.11 ± 0.24

BrW

0.11

0.44

0.29 ± 0.11

0.49 ± 0.18

0.41 ± 0.37

1.00 ± 0.17

0.04 ± 0.25

1.00 ± 0.16

−0.03 ± 0.24

1.00 ± 0.25

0.98 ± 0.18

0.77 ± 0.26

0.73 ± 0.19

1.00 ± 0.20

1.00 ± 0.12

0.78 ± 0.20

0.20 ± 0.28

−0.12 ± 0.29

DW

0.28

0.57

0.54

0.60 ± 0.13

0.48 ± 0.24

0.97 ± 0.01

0.10 ± 0.16

0.97 ± 0.01

0.13 ± 0.16

0.99 ± 0.01

1.00 ± 0.10

1.00 ± 0.07

0.79 ± 0.07

0.85 ± 0.06

0.75 ± 0.08

0.34 ± 0.17

0.33 ± 0.18

0.07 ± 0.20

DP

0.11

0.12

−0.02

0.34

0.46 ± 0.12

0.49 ± 0.25

0.38 ± 0.25

0.50 ± 0.25

0.41 ± 0.24

0.39 ± 0.28

0.70 ± 0.30

0.39 ± 0.30

0.53 ± 0.28

0.18 ± 0.29

0.50 ± 0.30

0.38 ± 0.39

0.82 ± 0.49

0.55 ± 0.47

EW

0.27

0.57

0.54

0.98

0.32

0.58 ± 0.13

0.30 ± 0.15

1.00 ± 0.25

0.32 ± 0.15

0.96 ± 0.01

1.00 ± 0.10

0.97 ± 0.09

0.82 ± 0.07

0.88 ± 0.06

0.80 ± 0.08

0.39 ± 0.17

0.36 ± 0.19

0.09 ± 0.20

EWP

0.04

0.11

−0.01

0.23

0.74

0.35

0.44 ± 0.16

0.28 ± 0.15

0.99 ± 0.01

0.02 ± 017

0.09 ± 0.22

0.01 ± 0.17

0.29 ± 0.17

0.15 ± 0.17

0.31 ± 0.16

0.29 ± 0.21

0.50 ± 0.28

0.45 ± 0.29

HEW

0.26

0.56

0.54

0.98

0.31

1.00

0.32

0.58 ± 0.13

0.31 ± 0.15

0.97 ± 0.01

1.00 ± 0.10

0.98 ± 0.08

0.81 ± 0.07

0.88 ± 0.06

0.78 ± 0.08

0.36 ± 0.17

0.34 ± 0.19

0.07 ± 0.20

HEWP

0.02

0.08

−0.01

0.28

0.75

0.38

0.97

0.37

0.43 ± 0.16

0.05 ± 0.16

0.07 ± 0.22

0.08 ± 0.17

0.28 ± 0.17

0.12 ± 0.17

0.25 ± 0.16

0.16 ± 0.21

0.41 ± 0.28

0.35 ± 0.28

BW42

0.27

0.57

0.58

0.97

0.11

0.95

0.06

0.96

0.10

0.64 ± 0.13

0.98 ± 0.10

1.00 ± 0.07

0.77 ± 0.07

0.88 ± 0.06

0.74 ± 0.09

0.34 ± 0.17

0.30 ± 0.18

0.04 ± 0.20

HW

0.11

0.31

0.28

0.52

0.27

0.50

0.19

0.51

0.23

0.48

0.34 ± 0.13

0.95 ± 0.16

0.88 ± 0.12

0.77 ± 0.15

0.91 ± 0.15

0.45 ± 0.23

0.55 ± 0.20

0.26 ± 0.25

LW

0.26

0.37

0.32

0.66

0.09

0.63

−0.03

0.65

0.08

0.68

0.36

0.60 ± 0.13

0.81 ± 0.09

0.86 ± 0.12

0.54 ± 0.15

0.09 ± 0.19

0.16 ± 0.16

−0.01 ± 0.20

FW

0.42

0.50

0.37

0.70

0.14

0.71

0.14

0.70

0.13

0.71

0.45

0.58

0.55 ± 0.13

0.87 ± 0.06

0.58 ± 0.14

0.24 ± 0.20

0.36 ± 0.19

0.13 ± 0.21

WW

0.33

0.54

0.42

0.74

0.20

0.75

0.25

0.73

0.23

0.72

0.42

0.46

0.77

0.57 ± 0.13

0.64 ± 0.12

0.28 ± 0.18

0.38 ± 0.20

0.14 ± 0.21

BMW

0.00

0.42

0.44

0.65

0.22

0.67

0.28

0.66

0.28

0.63

0.42

0.29

0.34

0.46

0.63 ± 0.14

0.86 ± 0.05

0.56 ± 0.18

0.34 ± 0.19

BMWP

−0.19

0.15

0.19

0.15

0.06

0.17

0.13

0.16

0.10

0.15

0.19

−0.07

−0.06

0.07

0.84

0.40 ± 0.15

0.67 ± 0.25

0.50 ± 0.23

LMW

0.05

0.19

0.11

0.17

−0.16

0.21

−0.01

0.20

−0.03

0.23

0.29

0.07

0.29

0.22

0.15

0.04

0.30 ± 0.15

0.96 ± 0.02

LMWP

−0.01

0.08

−0.01

− 0.05

−0.24

− 0.02

−0.09

− 0.02

−0.12

0.01

0.19

−0.07

0.14

0.05

−0.01

0.00

0.97

0.91 ± 0.15