Table 5 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 absolute value (mg/g of dry muscle), with body weight (BW), backfat thickness (BT) and intramuscular fat content (IMF)
Items | Trait | ||
|---|---|---|---|
BW | BT | IMF | |
Genetic correlation | |||
C18:2 | 0.07 (0.11) | 0.07 (0.10) | 0.88 (0.03) |
C20:2 | 0.10 (0.11) | 0.15 (0.10) | 0.91 (0.03) |
C20:4 | 0.00 (0.15) | −0.04 (0.11) | 0.06 (0.13) |
Litter correlation | |||
C18:2 | −0.13 (0.24) | 0.21 (0.26) | 0.85 (0.07) |
C20:2 | −0.28 (0.26) | 0.14 (0.27) | 0.84 (0.08) |
C20:4 | 0.01 (0.20) | −0.11 (0.21) | −0.03 (0.20) |
Residual correlation | |||
C18:2 | −0.03 (0.08) | −0.05 (0.10) | 0.69 (0.12) |
C20:2 | −0.03 (0.09) | −0.04 (0.11) | 0.65 (0.13) |
C20:4 | −0.12 (0.08) | −0.21 (0.07) | 0.17 (0.12) |