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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of eggshell traits in the F 2 population

From: Genome-wide association study revealed a promising region and candidate genes for eggshell quality in an F2 resource population

Age (wks)

N

Eggshell traits (Mean ± SD)

ESW (g)

EST (mm)

ESS (kg/cm2)

AFE

1494

3.69 ± 0.36

0.393 ± 0.017

3.61 ± 0.57

32

1473

4.40 ± 0.45

0.402 ± 0.021

3.70 ± 0.67

36

1464

4.37 ± 0.55

0.396 ± 0.022

3.59 ± 0.75

40

1476

4.64 ± 0.50

0.401 ± 0.021

3.67 ± 0.72

44

1420

4.63 ± 0.55

0.399 ± 0.023

3.60 ± 0.81

48

1226

4.70 ± 0.59

0.401 ± 0.024

3.51 ± 0.86

52

1225

4.68 ± 0.59

0.396 ± 0.024

3.43 ± 0.86

56

1348

4.74 ± 0.61

0.395 ± 0.024

3.40 ± 0.89

60

1364

4.70 ± 0.65

0.392 ± 0.024

3.25 ± 0.92

66

1304

4.62 ± 0.64

0.387 ± 0.028

3.17 ± 0.93

72

1253

4.57 ± 0.62

0.395 ± 0.025

3.02 ± 0.80

  1. N number of samples, ESW eggshell weight, EST eggshell thickness, ESS eggshell strength, Mean arithmetic mean, SD standard deviation, AFE age of first egg