GWAS analyses reveal QTL in egg layers that differ in response to diet differences

Table 1 Summary statistics on phenotypic data for the high energy (HE) and low energy (LE) diets

Trait	Number of records^a		Mean		Standard deviation
Diet	HE	LE	HE	LE	HE	LE
Egg production traits
EPR (%)	1342	1340	84.22	83.26	6.12	7.17
EPR1 (%)	1344	1342	72.12	76.44	9.40	9.35
EPR2 (%)	1342	1338	91.14	89.28	6.06	8.16
EPR3 (%)	1344	1342	85.32	81.97	6.35	7.62
Egg quality traits at 50 weeks of age
ESshape	12,375	12,403	1.1	1.1	0.02	0.02
EW (g)	13,547	13,603	61.11	60.59	4.78	4.74
SLE (mm)	12,378	12,409	43.37	43.32	1.29	1.28
ESC	13,528	13,580	24.78	25.31	9.66	10.09
LSS	13,548	13,596	66.77	66.91	4.57	4.72
RSS	13,546	13,605	13.72	13.42	3.16	3.27
YSS	13,445	13,493	28.3	28.22	2.65	2.81
ESS (N)	12,379	12,410	39.15	39.58	7.51	7.33
ESSTIF (mm)	12,388	12,418	193.42	191.49	29.53	28.57
EMTSP	6959	6283	1.68	1.55	0.74	0.72
HU	6938	6257	73.03	74.45	7.69	8.02
YOLKIND	6157	6808	0.27	0.27	0.02	0.02
Egg quality traits at 70 weeks of age
ESshape	11,315	10,983	1.1	1.1	0.02	0.02
EW (g)	12,945	12,804	61.05	60.61	5.04	4.95
SLE (mm)	11,329	11,004	43.41	43.36	1.37	1.35
ESC	12,929	12,259	25.4	25.48	10.18	10.64
LSS	12,937	12,272	67.09	66.99	4.92	5.05
RSS	12,942	12,274	13.4	13.3	3.27	3.42
YSS	12,833	12,188	28.35	28.23	2.65	2.86
ESS (N)	11,327	11,007	37.4	37.82	7.53	7.75
ESSTIF (mm)	11,332	11,004	192.83	190.46	29.98	30.53
EMTSP	6459	6705	1.63	1.63	0.72	0.71
HU	6437	6683	64.88	67.28	9.31	9.46
YOLKIND	5729	5491	0.27	0.27	0.02	0.02

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