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. 2016 Mar 19;48:22. doi: 10.1186/s12711-016-0198-9

Table 3.

Estimates of pedigree-based and marker-based heritabilities (±SE) for the 16 traitsa from univariate animal models

Early traits eCO eEW eC3 eE3 eSM eAH eYW ePD ePS
Pedigree-h b 0.71 ± 0.017 0.69 ± 0.017 0.65 ± 0.018 0.61 ± 0.018 0.54 ± 0.018 0.51 ± 0.018 0.46 ± 0.019 0.34 ± 0.019 0.21 ± 0.015
Marker-h b 0.55 ± 0.013 0.53 ± 0.013 0.47 ± 0.015 0.44 ± 0.014 0.31 ± 0.015 0.36 ± 0.015 0.30 ± 0.017 0.16 ± 0.017 0.15 ± 0.018
Late traits lCO lEW lBW lAH lYW lPD lPS
Pedigree-h b 0.68 ± 0.025 0.61 ± 0.026 0.56 ± 0.026 0.48 ± 0.027 0.46 ± 0.028 0.25 ± 0.025 0.20 ± 0.028
Marker-h b 0.58 ± 0.019 0.50 ± 0.018 0.48 ± 0.020 0.34 ± 0.021 0.37 ± 0.020 0.19 ± 0.021 0.10 ± 0.024

aEarly (e) and late (l) CO (egg color, index units), EW (average weight of 3–5 eggs, g), C3 (color of first 3 eggs, index units), E3 (weight of first 3 eggs, g), AH (albumen height, mm), PD (egg production rate), PS (puncture score, g/s), and YW (yolk weight, g); eSM (age at sexual maturity, d); lBW (body weight, kg)

b SE standard error