highly significantp < 0.01
All pairwise Pearson correlations among the five traits were positive and highly significant ( p < 0.01) ( Table 1 ): BW and BWW were almost perfectly correlated ( r = 1.00, as expected because BWW was measured on the same individuals after evisceration), and BW correlated strongly with TL, BL, and BH ( r = 0.93, 0.94, and 0.94, respectively), indicating that these traits may share a substantial common genetic basis. 3.2.