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. 2021 Mar 31;12:585089. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2021.585089

TABLE 3.

Estimates of heritabilities for the traits.

Traits Number h2
Hue 349 0.13728 ± 0.09468
Saturation 349 0.24816 ± 0.11162
Cloaca (A) Yellowness 447 0.15422 ± 0.1027
Cloaca (as) Yellowness 534 0.11238 ± 0.06528
Saddle Yellowness 534 0.20576 ± 0.11324
Breast Yellowness 534 0.15762 ± 0.11784
AF Yellowness 534 0.2769 ± 0.12251
Shank Yellowness 534 0.07842 ± 0.01246
Back Yellowness 534 0.10862 ± 0.08554
Thigh Yellowness 534 0.11375 ± 0.04829
CW(kg) 534 0.51487 ± 0.13756
IFW(mm) 511 0.10165 ± 0.07356
EW(g) 510 0.2948 ± 0.10974
EWG(g) 510 0.38747 ± 0.11795
AFW(g) 510 0.35412 ± 0.10983
LMW(g) 510 0.17249 ± 0.09178
BMW(g) 510 0.1919 ± 0.09108

Standard errors of estimates are in parentheses. Cloaca (A), Cloaca (alive); Cloaca (as), Cloaca (after slaughter); Ab, Abdomen; AF, abdomen fat; CW, carcass weight; IFW, intermuscular fat width; EW, eviscerated weight; EWG, eviscerated weight with giblet; AFW, abdominal fat weight; LMW, leg muscle weight; BMW, breast muscle weight.