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Chicken Trait Heritabilities

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CorrDB Summary There are 14 heritability data found on "Eggshell strength" trait. n: 14 Median: 0.335 Mean: 0.342 Min-Max range: 0.230 - 0.510 STD: 0.094 Interquartile range: 0.255 - 0.409 95% CI: 0.293 - 0.391 Heritability of "Eggshell strength" (ESS) = 0.23 Mean 40.0 Standard deviation 9.7 Variance n/a Genetic variance on mother side n/a Genetic variance on father side n/a Permanent environmental variance n/a Temperary environmental variance n/a Comments Breaking strength Reference: Blanco A E et al., (2014) Genetic parameters of egg quality traits on different pedigree layers Poultry Science, 93 (10): 2457-63 Heritability of "Eggshell strength" (ESS) = 0.33 Mean 33.1 Standard deviation 9.1 Variance n/a Genetic variance on mother side n/a Genetic variance on father side n/a Permanent environmental variance n/a Temperary environmental variance n/a Comments Breaking strength Reference: Blanco A E et al., (2014) Genetic parameters of egg quality traits on different pedigree layers Poultry Science, 93 (10): 2457-63 Heritability of "Eggshell strength" (ESS) = 0.35 Mean 52.0 Standard deviation 9.3 Variance n/a Genetic variance on mother side n/a Genetic variance on father side n/a Permanent environmental variance n/a Temperary environmental variance n/a Comments Breaking strength Reference: Blanco A E et al., (2014) Genetic parameters of egg quality traits on different pedigree layers Poultry Science, 93 (10): 2457-63 Heritability of "Eggshell strength" (ESS) = 0.34 Mean 49.0 Standard deviation 10.0 Variance n/a Genetic variance on mother side n/a Genetic variance on father side n/a Permanent environmental variance n/a Temperary environmental variance n/a Comments Breaking strength Reference: Blanco A E et al., (2014) Genetic parameters of egg quality traits on different pedigree layers Poultry Science, 93 (10): 2457-63 Heritability of "Eggshell strength" (ESS) = 0.496 Mean n/a Standard deviation n/a Variance n/a Genetic variance on mother side n/a Genetic variance on father side n/a Permanent environmental variance n/a Temperary environmental variance n/a Comments Non-destructive deformation Reference: Gervais O et al., (2017) Long-term selection using a single trait criterion, non-destructive. . . Animal Science Journal, 88 (2): 222-230 Heritability of "Eggshell strength" (ESS) = 0.372 Mean n/a Standard deviation n/a Variance n/a Genetic variance on mother side n/a Genetic variance on father side n/a Permanent environmental variance n/a Temperary environmental variance n/a Comments Non-destructive deformation Reference: Gervais O et al., (2017) Long-term selection using a single trait criterion, non-destructive. . . Animal Science Journal, 88 (2): 222-230 Heritability of "Eggshell strength" (ESS) = 0.435 Mean n/a Standard deviation n/a Variance n/a Genetic variance on mother side n/a Genetic variance on father side n/a Permanent environmental variance n/a Temperary environmental variance n/a Comments Non-destructive deformation Reference: Gervais O et al., (2017) Long-term selection using a single trait criterion, non-destructive. . . Animal Science Journal, 88 (2): 222-230 Heritability of "Eggshell strength" (ESS) = 0.295 Mean n/a Standard deviation n/a Variance n/a Genetic variance on mother side n/a Genetic variance on father side n/a Permanent environmental variance n/a Temperary environmental variance n/a Comments Non-destructive deformation Reference: Gervais O et al., (2017) Long-term selection using a single trait criterion, non-destructive. . . Animal Science Journal, 88 (2): 222-230 Heritability of "Eggshell strength" (ESS) = 0.246 Mean n/a Standard deviation n/a Variance n/a Genetic variance on mother side n/a Genetic variance on father side n/a Permanent environmental variance n/a Temperary environmental variance n/a Comments Non-destructive deformation Reference: Gervais O et al., (2017) Long-term selection using a single trait criterion, non-destructive. . . Animal Science Journal, 88 (2): 222-230 Heritability of "Eggshell strength" (ESS) = 0.421 Mean n/a Standard deviation n/a Variance n/a Genetic variance on mother side n/a Genetic variance on father side n/a Permanent environmental variance n/a Temperary environmental variance n/a Comments Non-destructive deformation Reference: Gervais O et al., (2017) Long-term selection using a single trait criterion, non-destructive. . . Animal Science Journal, 88 (2): 222-230 Heritability of "Eggshell strength" (ESS) = 0.27 Mean 3.17 Standard deviation 0.94 Variance n/a Genetic variance on mother side n/a Genetic variance on father side n/a Permanent environmental variance n/a Temperary environmental variance n/a Comments Reference: Liu Z et al., (2018) Genetic variations for egg quality of chickens at late laying period. . . Scientific Reports, 8 (1): 10832 Heritability of "Eggshell strength" (ESS) = 0.25 Mean 2.99 Standard deviation 0.89 Variance n/a Genetic variance on mother side n/a Genetic variance on father side n/a Permanent environmental variance n/a Temperary environmental variance n/a Comments Reference: Liu Z et al., (2018) Genetic variations for egg quality of chickens at late laying period. . . Scientific Reports, 8 (1): 10832 Heritability of "Eggshell strength" (ESS) = 0.24 Mean 3.25 Standard deviation n/a Variance n/a Genetic variance on mother side n/a Genetic variance on father side n/a Permanent environmental variance n/a Temperary environmental variance n/a Comments kg/cm*2 Reference: Zhang L C et al., (2005) Heritabilities and genetic and phenotypic correlations of egg quality Poultry Science, 84 (8): 1209-13 Heritability of "Eggshell strength" (ESS) = 0.51 Mean 4.09 Standard deviation 1.02 Variance n/a Genetic variance on mother side n/a Genetic variance on father side n/a Permanent environmental variance n/a Temperary environmental variance n/a Comments Reference: Gao J et al., (2022) Genome-Wide Association Study of Egg-Laying Traits and Egg Quality in Frontiers In Veterinary Science, 9: 877739 14 of 628 chicken heritability records match your search. 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