Effects of morphological traits on body weight and analysis of growth-related genes of Parabramis pekinensis at different ages

Table 5 Correlation analysis of phenotypic traits in P. pekinensis

age	trait	Y	X₁	X₂	X₃	X₄	X₅	X₆	X₇	X₈
Y1	X₁	0.953^**
	X₂	0.904^**	0.921^**
	X₃	0.980^**	0.939^**	0.886^**
	X₄	0.920^**	0.917^**	0.844^**	0.957^**
	X₅	0.897^**	0.852^**	0.801^**	0.870^**	0.845^**
	X₆	0.914^**	0.891^**	0.854^**	0.855^**	0.821^**	0.861^**
	X₇	0.892^**	0.925^**	0.861^**	0.863^**	0.858^**	0.780^**	0.857^**
	X₈	0.946^**	0.956^**	0.890^**	0.936^**	0.906^**	0.795^**	0.866^**	0.897^**
	X₉	0.870^**	0.849^**	0.799^**	0.859^**	0.832^**	0.799^**	0.843^**	0.757^**	0.830^**
Y2	X₁	0.728^**
	X₂	0.759^**	0.909^**
	X₃	0.929^**	0.673^**	0.757^**
	X₄	0.628^**	0.653^**	0.713^**	0.562^**
	X₅	0.626^**	0.502^**	0.551^**	0.611^**	0.638^**
	X₆	0.553^**	0.363^*	0.473^*	0.507^**	0.539^**	0.696^**
	X₇	0.785^**	0.562^**	0.599^**	0.781^**	0.625^**	0.659^**	0.435^*
	X₈	0.291	0.463^*	0.541^**	0.274	0.174	0.212	0.189	0.145
	X₉	0.822^**	0.674^**	0.723^**	0.783^**	0.563^**	0.749^**	0.551^**	0.817^**	0.387^*
Y3	X₁	0.939^**
	X₂	0.925^**	0.925^**
	X₃	0.711^**	0.690^**	0.655^**
	X₄	0.748^**	0.773^**	0.737^**	0.489^*
	X₅	0.749^**	0.834^**	0.680^**	0.585^**	0.675^**
	X₆	0.785^**	0.881^**	0.775^**	0.690^**	0.718^**	0.878^**
	X₇	0.821^**	0.823^**	0.709^**	0.594^**	0.679^**	0.886^**	0.785^**
	X₈	0.383^*	0.423^*	0.379^*	0.262	0.241	0.322^*	0.358^*	0.368^*
	X₉	0.812^**	0.807^**	0.744^**	0.571^**	0.728^**	0.728^**	0.730^**	0.788^**	0.387^*

Note: ** indicates extremely significant effect (P < 0.01), * indicates significant effect (P < 0.05). Y. body weight; X₁. total length; X₂. body length; X₃. body high; X₄. head length; X₅. snout length; X₆. eye diameter; X₇. eye distance; X₈. caudal stalk length; X₉. caudal stalk height

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