The Estimation of Heritability of Weekly Body Weights in Japanese Quails with MINQUE(Minimum Quadratic Unbiased Estimation) Method

Authors

  • Gökhan Tamer Kayaalp Department of Animal Science, Agriculture Faculty, Çukurova University, 01330 Adana
  • Mikail Baylan Department of Animal Science, Agriculture Faculty, Çukurova University, 01330 Adana
  • Sibel Canoğulları Department of Animal Production and Technologies, Agricultural Science and Technologies Faculty, Niğde University, 51240 Niğde

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v4i1.58-60.623

Keywords:

Body weight, Heritability, Minimum Quadratic Unbiased Estimation Method

Abstract

In this study the heritability of body weights of Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix Japanica) were estimated by using MINQUE (Minimum Quadratic Unbiased Estimation) methods. Firstly the variance components were estimated by using MINQUE method which were later estimated the heritability for weekly body weights. The estimation of heritability of body weights are following: for third week : 0.302±0.018; for fourth week: 0.70±0.15; for fifth week : 0.30±0.067

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Published

22.01.2016

How to Cite

Kayaalp, G. T., Baylan, M., & Canoğulları, S. (2016). The Estimation of Heritability of Weekly Body Weights in Japanese Quails with MINQUE(Minimum Quadratic Unbiased Estimation) Method. Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology, 4(1), 58–60. https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v4i1.58-60.623

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2016)

Section

Animal Production

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