Table 4 Posterior mean (standard deviation) of the genetic correlation, litter correlation and residual correlation of linoleic acid (C18:2), eicosadienoic acid (C20:2) and arachidonic acid (C20:4), expressed in relative value (mg/g of fatty acid), with body weight (BW), backfat thickness (BT) and intramuscular fat content (IMF)
Items | Trait | ||
|---|---|---|---|
BW | BT | IMF | |
Genetic correlation | |||
C18:2 | −0.39 (0.08) | −0.64 (0.07) | − 0.66 (0.10) |
C20:2 | −0.29 (0.11) | − 0.48 (0.09) | − 0.17 (0.15) |
C20:4 | − 0.24 (0.12) | − 0.36 (0.10) | − 0.75 (0.07) |
Litter correlation | |||
C18:2 | 0.20 (0.18) | −0.20 (0.20) | − 0.53 (0.21) |
C20:2 | −0.19 (0.17) | −0.31 (0.24) | − 0.10 (0.30) |
C20:4 | 0.33 (0.18) | −0.16 (0.18) | −0.58 (0.15) |
Residual correlation | |||
C18:2 | −0.16 (0.09) | −0.20 (0.09) | − 0.50 (0.20) |
C20:2 | −0.13 (0.06) | − 0.15 (0.06) | −0.11 (0.12) |
C20:4 | −0.13 (0.08) | −0.22 (0.08) | − 0.43 (0.11) |