A medium density genetic map and QTL for behavioral and production traits in Japanese quail

BMC Genomics

Table 2 Descriptive statistics of traits studied in QTL detection

	DistSR (AU)	DistIso (cm)	TI (s)	HeadNO	Mount	AgrP	GentleP	W17 (g)	W65 (g)	AFEgg (day)	NEgg	WEgg (g)
Number of Birds	731	720	728	726	335	353	353	730	711	355	347	350
Minimum	0	5.4	0	0	0	0	0	74	165	48	73	9.7
Maximum	2126	3,961	135	12	23	12	11	131	325	72	174	15.3
Mean	487.5	1,168	31.8	1.7	6.7	4.8	1.2	100.2	226.1	56.4	143.1	12.6
Standard deviation	495.6	705.7	20.9	2.9	6.5	4.9	2.1	8.2	29.6	5.0	18.4	1.0

DistSR: Distance travelled on the treadmill in the social reinstatement behavior test; DistIso: Distance travelled at periphery in the social isolation test; TI: Time spent immobile in the tonic immobility test; HeadNO: Number of scans when the quail passed its head through the wire at the front of the cage in the novel object test; Mount: Number of mounts in the sexual motivation test; AgrP: Number of aggressive pecks in the aggressive behavior test; GentleP: Number of gentle pecks in the aggressive behavior test; W17: Body weight at 17 days; W65: Body weight at 65 days; AFEgg: Age at first egg; NEgg: Number of eggs laid; WEgg: Mean egg weight.

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