Animal Trait Correlation Database
Chicken Trait Heritabilities
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50 heritability data on 29 traits returned.
Species
Trait (symbol)
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Heritability
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Mean (stdiv)
Variance
Reference
Chicken
Atretic follicle number (
ATRFN
)
=
0.05
4.91 (
0.09)
n/a
Chicken
Pre-ovulatory follicle number (
POFN
)
=
0.13
3.84 (
0.03)
n/a
Chicken
Small yellow follicle number (
SYFN
)
=
0.28
16.36 (
0.20)
n/a
Chicken
Comb weight (
COMBW
)
=
0.69
6.21 (
2.76)
n/a
Chicken
Comb height (
COMBH
)
=
0.61
36.68 (
6.6)
n/a
Chicken
Comb length (
COMBL
)
=
0.61
35.82 (
3.26)
n/a
Chicken
Eggshell strength (
ESS
)
=
0.23
40.0 (
9.7)
n/a
Chicken
Albumen height (
AH
)
=
0.32
5.3 (
1.1)
n/a
Chicken
Eggshell shape (
ESshape
)
=
0.35
74.0 (
2.6)
n/a
Chicken
Eggshell stiffness (
ESSTIF
)
=
0.43
145.0 (
18.5)
n/a
Chicken
Eggshell thickness (
EST
)
=
0.27
0.36 (
0.04)
n/a
Chicken
Egg weight (
EW
)
=
0.49
62.4 (
4.8)
n/a
Chicken
Eggshell strength (
ESS
)
=
0.33
33.1 (
9.1)
n/a
Chicken
Albumen height (
AH
)
=
0.28
6.6 (
1.0)
n/a
Chicken
Eggshell shape (
ESshape
)
=
0.47
77.1 (
2.4)
n/a
Chicken
Eggshell stiffness (
ESSTIF
)
=
0.35
158.0 (
17.3)
n/a
Chicken
Eggshell thickness (
EST
)
=
0.29
0.31 (
0.04)
n/a
Chicken
Egg weight (
EW
)
=
0.42
60.3 (
4.0)
n/a
Chicken
Eggshell strength (
ESS
)
=
0.35
52.0 (
9.3)
n/a
Chicken
Albumen height (
AH
)
=
0.69
6.0 (
1.1)
n/a
Chicken
Eggshell shape (
ESshape
)
=
0.56
78.0 (
2.5)
n/a
Chicken
Eggshell stiffness (
ESSTIF
)
=
0.70
159.0 (
18.1)
n/a
Chicken
Eggshell thickness (
EST
)
=
0.44
0.35 (
0.03)
n/a
Chicken
Egg weight (
EW
)
=
0.65
65.3 (
4.8)
n/a
Chicken
Eggshell strength (
ESS
)
=
0.34
49.0 (
10.0)
n/a
Chicken
Albumen height (
AH
)
=
0.64
6.0 (
1.3)
n/a
Chicken
Eggshell shape (
ESshape
)
=
0.58
79.0 (
2.6)
n/a
Chicken
Eggshell stiffness (
ESSTIF
)
=
0.65
138.0 (
18.6)
n/a
Chicken
Eggshell thickness (
EST
)
=
0.37
0.35 (
0.03)
n/a
Chicken
Egg weight (
EW
)
=
0.71
60.0 (
4.1)
n/a
Chicken
Liver weight (
LIVWT
)
=
0.33
52.53 (
9.03)
75.04
Chicken
Drumstick muscle weight (
DSMWT
)
=
0.35
66.63 (
10.48)
61.44
Chicken
Wing weight (
WINGWT
)
=
0.35
83.76 (
9.84)
52.82
Chicken
Pectoralis major weight (
PECMAJW
)
=
0.40
77.47 (
11.76)
122.04
Chicken
Back weight (
BACKW
)
=
0.33
264.60 (
36.42)
959.57
Chicken
Thigh muscle weight (
TMWT
)
=
0.29
115.93 (
18.65)
203.44
Chicken
Body weight (
BW
)
=
0.41
2224.39 (
253.55)
36194.9
Chicken
Breast muscle weight (
BMWT
)
=
0.37
293.96 (
42.58)
1436.79
Chicken
Heart weight (
HWT
)
=
0.27
12.39 (
2.14)
2.68
Chicken
Gizzard weight (
GIZZWT
)
=
0.44
32.08 (
6.08)
33.19
Chicken
Body weight (
BW
)
=
0.44
1250.98 (
179.7)
n/a
Chicken
Skin percentage (
SKINP
)
=
0.24
1.97 (
0.39)
n/a
Chicken
Dressing percentage (
DRESSP
)
=
0.41
66.09 (
2.26)
n/a
Chicken
Body weight (
BW
)
=
0.33
1959.90 (
271.59)
n/a
Chicken
Breast muscle weight (
BMWT
)
=
0.47
255.86 (
44.82)
n/a
Chicken
Abdominal fat weight (
AF
)
=
0.62
65.88 (
18.11)
n/a
Chicken
Breast muscle percentage (
BRMP
)
=
0.73
13.03 (
1.15)
n/a
Chicken
Intramuscular fat percentage (
IFP
)
=
0.08
1.4 (
0.36)
n/a
Chicken
Residual feed intake (
RFI
)
=
0.20
0 (
12.47)
n/a
Chicken
Feed conversion ratio (
FCR
)
=
0.28
2.51 (
0.51)
n/a
50
records of
620
chicken heritability records returned.
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