Animal Trait Correlation Database
Chicken Trait Heritabilities
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10 heritability data on 10 traits returned.
Species
Trait (symbol)
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Heritability
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Mean (stdiv)
Variance
Reference
Chicken
Egg weight (
EW
)
=
0.63
53.85
n/a
Chicken
Albumen weight (
AW
)
=
0.59
32.02
n/a
Chicken
Albumen height (
AH
)
=
0.51
7.25
n/a
Chicken
Eggshell color (
ESC
)
=
0.46
41.79
n/a
Chicken
Eggshell shape (
ESshape
)
=
0.40
0.740
n/a
Chicken
Eggshell strength (
ESS
)
=
0.24
3.25
n/a
Chicken
Eggshell thickness (
EST
)
=
0.34
0.343
n/a
Chicken
Eggshell weight (
ESW
)
=
0.64
7.07
n/a
Chicken
Haugh units (
HU
)
=
0.41
86.20
n/a
Chicken
Yolk weight (
YW
)
=
0.45
14.77
n/a
10
records of
620
Chicken heritability records returned.
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