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Table 2 Posterior means and 95% highest probability density (HPD) intervals for additive genetic and permanent environmental (\(\mathbf{P}\mathbf{E}\)) variances and of the heritability for egg number for over 24 weeks of lay

From: Genetic analysis of egg production traits in turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) using a single-step genomic random regression model

Week

Genetic variance

PE variance

Heritability

Estimate

HPD

Estimate

HPD

Estimate

HPD

1

0.19

0.15–0.22

0.55

0.52–0.58

0.09

0.08–0.10

2

0.19

0.16–0.23

0.47

0.45–0.5

0.10

0.08–0.11

3

0.21

0.17–0.25

0.48

0.45–0.5

0.10

0.09–0.12

4

0.23

0.19–0.27

0.52

0.49–0.55

0.11

0.10–0.13

5

0.26

0.22–0.3

0.57

0.54–0.6

0.12

0.10–0.13

6

0.28

0.24–0.33

0.61

0.58–0.64

0.12

0.11–0.14

7

0.31

0.26–0.35

0.63

0.6–0.66

0.13

0.12–0.15

8

0.33

0.29–0.37

0.64

0.61–0.67

0.14

0.13–0.15

9

0.35

0.31–0.39

0.63

0.61–0.66

0.15

0.14–0.16

10

0.37

0.33–0.41

0.61

0.59–0.64

0.16

0.15–0.17

11

0.39

0.35–0.42

0.59

0.57–0.62

0.16

0.15–0.17

12

0.40

0.37–0.44

0.57

0.55–0.59

0.17

0.16–0.18

13

0.42

0.39–0.45

0.55

0.53–0.57

0.19

0.18–0.20

14

0.43

0.4–0.47

0.54

0.52–0.56

0.20

0.19–0.21

15

0.44

0.41–0.48

0.53

0.51–0.55

0.20

0.19–0.21

16

0.45

0.41–0.49

0.52

0.5–0.55

0.21

0.20–0.22

17

0.45

0.41–0.49

0.51

0.49–0.54

0.21

0.20–0.22

18

0.45

0.39–0.5

0.50

0.47–0.53

0.22

0.20–0.23

19

0.43

0.36–0.49

0.48

0.44–0.52

0.21

0.19–0.23

20

0.40

0.32–0.48

0.45

0.39–0.51

0.21

0.18–0.23

21

0.37

0.25–0.47

0.42

0.33–0.51

0.19

0.15–0.23

22

0.32

0.16–0.47

0.40

0.27–0.53

0.18

0.11–0.22

23

0.27

0.05–0.48

0.41

0.22–0.61

0.15

0.04–0.22

24

0.21

0.00–0.51

0.50

0.21–0.81

0.12

0.00–0.21