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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for BW and body size traits of WB chicken

From: Elucidation of the genetic determination of body weight and size in Chinese local chicken breeds by large-scale genomic analyses

Trait*

N

Mean

SD

MAX

Min

C.V

h2

BW (0wk)

596

34.33

3.27

59.72

23.74

9.54%

0.67

BW (2wk)

596

106.97

11.74

145.00

69.00

10.98%

0.59

BW (4wk)

596

231.64

27.32

320.00

137.00

11.79%

0.47

BW (6wk)

596

399.25

47.90

555.00

216.00

12.00%

0.47

BW (8wk)

596

552.87

67.58

848.00

314.00

12.22%

0.47

BW (10wk)

596

701.56

90.79

1035.00

404.00

12.94%

0.60

BW (12wk)

596

887.89

104.86

1312.00

544.00

11.81%

0.62

BW (14wk)

596

1032.12

121.14

1475.00

618.00

11.74%

0.51

BW (16wk)

596

1140.40

131.83

1640.00

670.00

11.56%

0.51

BW (18wk)

596

1264.13

150.60

1833.00

752.00

11.91%

0.64

CB (8wk)

596

40.87

2.95

51.57

30.09

7.22%

0.37

CB (18wk)

596

60.00

3.62

70.80

47.16

6.03%

0.50

CD (8wk)

596

74.91

4.44

87.96

59.72

5.93%

0.28

CD (18wk)

596

94.60

5.47

113.13

59.25

5.78%

0.27

TH (8wk)

596

58.66

3.03

67.50

49.00

5.16%

0.05

TH (18wk)

596

61.14

3.41

69.80

51.70

5.58%

0.04

BOL (8wk)

596

13.93

0.73

16.20

10.70

5.21%

0.21

BOL (18wk)

596

18.69

1.34

23.10

15.80

7.16%

0.22

KL (8wk)

596

7.48

0.52

9.20

6.00

6.96%

0.23

KL (18wk)

596

10.55

0.82

13.20

7.50

7.76%

0.45

PW (8wk)

596

33.28

2.66

62.51

26.19

8.00%

0.29

PW (18wk)

596

51.00

3.30

74.62

40.49

6.46%

0.38

SL (8wk)

596

61.32

3.65

73.85

45.79

5.96%

0.43

SL (18wk)

596

74.82

3.80

89.81

61.97

5.07%

0.59

SC (8wk)

596

3.19

0.15

3.60

2.80

4.62%

0.56

SC (18wk)

596

3.63

0.19

4.60

3.20

5.36%

0.33

  1. * BW: body weight; CB: chest breadth; CD: chest depth; TH: thoracic horn; BOL: body oblique length; KL: keel length; PW: pelvic width; SL: shank length; SC: shank circumference