Table 3.
Shows the heritability estimates (on diagonals), the genetic correlationsand their standard error (above diagonals) and phenotypic correlations (belowdiagonal), for body weight and egg traits in Khaki-Campbell ducks.
| Traits | BW16 | BW20 | BWF1 | NE | EW | EM | | Body weight at 16 weeks ,g (BW16) | 0.36 ± 0.02 | 0.99±.010 | 0.71 ±0.014 | 0. 71 ±0.028 | 0.70±.055 | 0 87 ±0.005 | | Body weight at 20 weeks, g (BW20) | 0.99 ±0.003 | 0.35 ± 0.03 | 0.92 ±0.004 | 0. 82 ±0.018 | 0.82±.036 | 0.82 ±0.007 | | Body weight at first egg, g (BWF1) | 0.90 ±0.003 | 0.94 ±0.001 | 0.40 ± 0.03 | 0.78 ±0.022 | 0.77±.047 | 0.78 ±0.009 | | Number of egg (NE) | 0. 89 ±0.004 | 0.93 ±0.003 | 0.91 ±0.004 | 0.29 ± 0.09 | 0.72±.119 | 0.82 ±0.059 | | Egg weight, g (EW) | 0.93 ±0.007 | 0.92 ±0.005 | 0.90 ±0.007 | 0.91 ±0.012 | 0.24 ± 0.10 | 0.72 ±0.048 | | Egg Mass, g (EM) | 0.94 ±0.001 | 0.92 ±0.001 | 0.91 ±0.001 | 0.94 ±0.006 | 0.90 ±0.006 | 0.30 ± 0.07 |
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