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. 2026 Jun 10;27(12):5255. doi: 10.3390/ijms27125255
AFE age at first egg
AELT age at the end of the laying test
BM body mass
BW body weight
BWFE body weight at first egg
ELI egg-laying interval
EN egg number
EN1/EN2/EN4/EN500 egg number measured in the indicated period or dataset-specific interval
EW egg weight
EPT egg production traits
GWAS genome-wide association studies
MCD maximum consecutive egg-laying days
MCL maximal clutch length
MCST mean clutch size trait
QTL quantitative trait locus
RIR Rhode Island Red
RW Russian White
SNP single-nucleotide polymorphism
TWAS transcriptome-wide association study
W2 Dongxiang Blue-shelled line
WFE weight at first egg
WGS whole-genome sequencing
WL White Leghorn