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Table 2 Variance components for eggshell color in purebred and crossbred laying hens

From: Estimating the purebred–crossbred genetic correlation for uniformity of eggshell color in laying hens

Variance component

Purebred

Crossbred

Sire

550.0 (51.5)

602.2 (38.2)

Permanent environment

2803.0 (34.0)

 

Cage

 

339.0 (15.9)

Residuala

3547.0 (13.0)

5583.0 (28.9)

Genetic

2200.0 (206.0)

2408.8 (152.7)

h 2b

0.32 (0.028)

0.37 (0.022)

  1. Standard errors are listed between brackets
  2. aResidual variance was taken from the model with homogeneous residual variance
  3. bThe standard error of the h 2 was based on the model with homogeneous residual variance