Table 2 Bivariate correlations among morphological traits and LBW of male (above diagonal) and female (below diagonal) Shami goats

LBW

–

0.979^b

0.940^b

0.905^b

0.764^b

0.922^b

0.854^b

0.854^b

0.961^b

HG

0.830^b

–

0.969^b

0.871^b

0.731^b

0.923^b

0.779^b

0.879^b

0.915^b

WH

0.796^b

0.761^b

–

0.821^b

0.593^a

0.899^b

0.699^b

0.785^b

0.853^b

BL

0.947^b

0.774^b

0.805^b

–

0.792^b

0.831^b

0.915^b

0.860^b

0.887^b

CD

0.715^b

0.718^b

0.799^b

0.729^b

–

0.782^b

0.753^b

0.721^b

0.820^b

SC

0.776^b

0.482

0.714^b

0.766^b

0.727^b

–

0.786^b

0.727^b

0.871^b

HEL

0.858^b

0.806^b

0.637^a

0.839^b

0.563^a

0.559^a

–

0.742^b

0.892^b

PG

0.846^b

0.842^b

0.786^b

0.765^b

0.712^b

0.490

0.707^b

–

0.811^b

NC

0.692^b

0.487

0.674^b

0.700^b

0.696^b

0.733^b

0.578^a

0.569^a

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