Animal Trait Correlation Database

 Chicken Trait Details

Feather density (FDENS)
Trait ID :2501
Mean :
Standard deviation :n/a
Heritability :0.23
Variance : 
Genetic variance on mother side : 
Genetic variance on father side : 
Permanent environmental variance : 
Temporary environmental variance : 
Additional note :contour feather density

Reference

Sun H, Hu Y, Dou T, Qu L, Ma M, Lu J, Wang X, Shen M, Wang K , (2019)

Genetic architecture related to contour feathers density in an F2 resource population via a genome-wide association study

3 Biotech, 9 (11): 400

Additional information about the trait :

Description :Number of feathers per unit area of skin surface
Measurement :follicle count
Measure unit :feathers per square cm

Annotated data to this trait:

 146 QTL/SNP associations are found on this trait 1 heritability measurement is reported on this trait
 

 

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