Table 1 Summary of bone traits in the population.

From: Genetic architecture of bone quality variation in layer chickens revealed by a genome-wide association study

Traits

Sample size

Minimum

Maximum

Mean

SD

Femur BMD g/cm2

1406

0.200

0.580

0.329

0.045

Femur BMC g

1406

1.630

5.310

2.996

0.530

Femur weight g

1409

3.100

9.300

6.180

0.895

Tibia breaking strength N

1397

45.000

394.200

189.054

55.397

Tibia breaking work N·mm

1393

15.100

539.200

139.828

77.273

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