Animal Trait Correlation Database

 Chicken Trait Details

Head weight (HEADWT)
Trait ID :2355
Mean :
Standard deviation :n/a
Heritability :0.31
Variance : 
Genetic variance on mother side : 
Genetic variance on father side : 
Permanent environmental variance : 
Temporary environmental variance : 

Reference

Kanlisi RA, Amuzu-Aweh EN, Naazie A, Otsyina HR, Kelly TR, Gallardo RA, Lamont SJ, Zhou H, Dekkers J, Kayang BB, (2024)

Genetic architecture of body weight, carcass, and internal organs traits of Ghanaian local chickens

Frontiers In Genetics, 15: 1297034

Additional information about the trait :

Description :Weight of the head
Measurement :weight
Measure unit :g
Link to Vertibrate Trait ontology :Accession: VT:1000420

Annotated data to this trait:

19 QTL/SNP associations are found on this trait 24 correlartion records are linked with this trait 2 heritability measurements are reported on this trait
 

 

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