Table 4 Type-B genetic correlations with standard error (SE) in parentheses and spearman rank correlations coefficients of family breeding values with Kendall's Tau correlation coefficients in parentheses across Hubei and Liaoning

1

0.27 (0.15)

0.23^* (0.17^*)

2

0.22 (0.17)

0.13 (0.08)

4

0.27 (0.18)

0.18 (0.08)

5

0.40 (0.15)

0.27 (0.18)

0.25 (0.17)

0.27^* (0.19^*)

0.15 (0.11)

0.20 (0.15)

6

0.40 (0.16)

0.41 (0.18)

0.36 (0.17)

0.26^* (0.18^*)

0.20 (0.14)

0.23^* (0.16^*)

7

0.34 (0.16)

0.38 (0.18)

0.33 (0.18)

0.25^* (0.17^*)

0.16 (0.12)

0.24^* (0.16^*)

16

0.50 (0.16)

0.60 (0.23)

0.65 (0.18)

0.35^* (0.23^*)

0.24^* (0.17)

0.33^** (0.24^**)