Table 2 The posterior mean, median and mode of genetic, residual and phenotypic correlations between growth curve parameters of Guilan sheep [standard deviations (PSD) of marginal posterior distribution of mean estimates are in brackets]
From: Estimation of genetic relationships between growth curve parameters in Guilan sheep
Correlation | Item | Traits | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
A-B | A-K | B-K | ||
\( {r}_{a_1{a}_2} \) | Mean | 0.57 (0.22) | 0.03 (0.34) | −0.01 (0.32) |
Median | 0.57 | 0.05 | 0.00 | |
Mode | 0.55 | 0.25 | 0.04 | |
HPD | 0.20-0.98 | −0.61-0.61 | −0.67-0.58 | |
\( {r}_{e_1{e}_2} \) | Mean | 0.48 (0.03) | −0.52 (0.02) | −0.32 (0.03) |
Median | 0.48 | −0.52 | −0.32 | |
Mode | 0.48 | −0.52 | −0.32 | |
HPD | 0.42-0.53 | −0.55- -0.48 | −0.37- -0.27 | |
\( {r}_{p_1{p}_2} \) | Mean | 0.47 (0.01) | −0.49 (0.01) | −0.28 (0.01) |
Median | 0.47 | −0.49 | −0.28 | |
Mode | 0.47 | −0.49 | −0.28 | |
HPD | 0.46-0.49 | −0.50- -0.47 | −0.30- -0.26 | |