Heritability Summary for
Ictalurus punctatus
| Main ref. | |||||
| Territory | US of America |
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| Locality | Rio Grande River, Texas |
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| Trait | growth rate |
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| Comment | Body weight of fish grown in earthen ponds. |
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| Mean | 431.00000 |
Unit |
grams |
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| S.D | 136.00000 |
C.V |
0.32 |
S.E |
0.06000 |
| Heritability | 0.24000 |
Method |
realized heritability |
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| Comment | |||||
| Selection studies | |||||
| Response (%) | 17 |
Method | mass selection |
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| Comment | Increase in body weight was 63 grams (17%). |
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