Animal Trait Correlation Database
Chicken Trait Heritabilities
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28 heritability data on 16 traits returned.
Species
Trait (symbol)
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Heritability
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Mean (stdiv)
Variance
Reference
Chicken
Abdominal fat weight (
AF
)
=
0.236
n/a
33.19
Chicken
Abdominal fat weight (
AF
)
=
0.416
n/a
762.07
Chicken
Body weight (
BW
)
=
0.674
n/a
41365.5
Chicken
Body weight (
BW
)
=
0.165
n/a
116.47
Chicken
Body weight (
BW
)
=
0.447
n/a
4770.45
Chicken
Body weight (
BW
)
=
0.404
n/a
19484.20
Chicken
Body weight (
BW
)
=
0.375
n/a
40304.80
Chicken
Carcass weight (
CW
)
=
0.366
n/a
33209.40
Chicken
Carcass weight (
CW
)
=
0.631
n/a
34661.8
Chicken
Gizzard weight (
GIZZWT
)
=
0.524
n/a
8.51
Chicken
Gizzard weight (
GIZZWT
)
=
0.738
n/a
22.05
Chicken
Heart weight (
HWT
)
=
0.254
n/a
1.02
Chicken
Heart weight (
HWT
)
=
0.527
n/a
3.12
Chicken
Liver weight (
LIVWT
)
=
0.394
n/a
37.97
Chicken
Liver weight (
LIVWT
)
=
0.440
n/a
17.94
Chicken
Spleen weight (
SPLWT
)
=
0.442
n/a
1.55
Chicken
Spleen weight (
SPLWT
)
=
0.176
n/a
1.23
Chicken
Shank length (
SHKLN
)
=
0.243
n/a
19.94
Chicken
Proventriculus weight (
PRVWT
)
=
0.611
n/a
4.32
Chicken
Proventriculus weight (
PRVWT
)
=
0.361
n/a
1.06
Chicken
Feet weight (
FTWT
)
=
0.728
n/a
42.09
Chicken
Drumstick and thigh muscle weight (
DRTHMW
)
=
0.758
n/a
3215.54
Chicken
Shank circumference (
SHCIRC
)
=
0.367
n/a
0.05
Chicken
Keel length (
KEELL
)
=
0.069
n/a
0.94
Chicken
Body slope length (
BSLEN
)
=
0.214
n/a
1.12
Chicken
Head and neck weight (
HNWT
)
=
0.489
n/a
752.41
Chicken
Testes weight (
TESTWT
)
=
0.414
n/a
0.44
Chicken
Testes weight (
TESTWT
)
=
0.735
n/a
95.65
28
records of
620
Chicken heritability records returned.
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