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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of traits studied in QTL detection

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

 

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

  1. 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.