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Table 1 Heritability (on diagonal), phenotypic (above diagonal) and genetic (below diagonal) correlations for FSS traits. Standard errors of estimates are in parentheses

From: Detrimental effects of excessive fatty acid secretion on female sperm storage in chickens

Traitsa

FE1

FDD1

FE2

FDD2

FE1

0.121 (0.036)

0.824

0.203

0.170

FDD1

0.963 (0.040)

0.112 (0.036)

0.139

0.128

FE2

0.654 (0.158)

0.374 (0.190)

0.248 (0.055)

0.809

FDD2

0.577 (0.171)

0.348 (0.191)

0.978 (0.020)

0.218 (0.053)

  1. a: FE1 and FDD1 represent individual fertility and fertility duration days during the first experimental period from 245 to 256 days of age (12 days), repectively. FE2 and FDD2 represent individual fertility fertility duration days during the second experimental period from 378 to 392 days of age (15 days), respectively