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Table 2 Heritability (standard error) estimates for physiological traits

From: Genetic analysis of production, physiological, and egg quality traits in heat-challenged commercial white egg-laying hens using 600k SNP array data

Trait

Pre-heat

Acutea

Week 2

Week 4

AMEnb

0.10 (0.10)

0.17 (0.10)

0.19 (0.13)

0.24 (0.13)

Body temperature

NCc

0.05 (0.09)

NCc

0.13 (0.1)

  1. aFirst day of heat exposure
  2. bApparent metabolizable energy
  3. cDoes not converge
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Genetics Selection Evolution

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