Animal Trait Correlation Database

 Chicken Trait Details

Breast muscle percentage (BRMP)
Trait ID :2175
Mean : 13.03 (%)
Standard deviation : 1.15
Heritability :0.73
Variance : 
Genetic variance on mother side : 
Genetic variance on father side : 
Permanent environmental variance : 
Temporary environmental variance : 

Reference

Zerehdaran S, Vereijken A L J, van Arendonk J A M, van der Waaijt E H, (2004)

Estimation of genetic parameters for fat deposition and carcass traits in broilers

Poultry Science, 83 (4): 521-5

Additional information about the trait :

Description :Breast muscle weight expressed as a percentage of body weight at slaughter or carcass weight
Measure unit :%
Link to Vertibrate Trait ontology :Accession: VT:1000223

Annotated data to this trait:

 72 QTL/SNP associations are found on this trait 80 correlartion records are linked with this trait 5 heritability measurements are reported on this trait
 

 

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