Table 2 Heritability, genetic and phenotypic correlations in bone traits1.

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

 

Femur BMD

Femur BMC

Femur weight

Tibia breaking strength

Tibia breaking work

Femur BMD

0 . 35 ± 0 . 05

0.86 ± 0.01

0.52 ± 0.02

0.72 ± 0.01

0.52 ± 0.02

Femur BMC

0.83 ± 0.03

0 . 46 ± 0 . 04

0.76 ± 0.01

0.49 ± 0.02

0.68 ± 0.02

Femur weight

0.48 ± 0.07

0.86 ± 0.03

0 . 62 ± 0 . 04

0.57 ± 0.07

0.64 ± 0.09

Tibia breaking strength

0.89 ± 0.04

0.80 ± 0.05

0.58 ± 0.07

0 . 26 ± 0 . 04

0.72 ± 0.01

Tibia breaking work

0.76 ± 0.09

0.82 ± 0.08

0.69 ± 0.09

0.92 ± 0.05

0 . 14 ± 0 . 04

  1. Corresponding SD behind the mean heritabilities on diagonal (bold), phenotypic correlations above diagonal, genetic correlations below diagonal.