Skip to main content

Table 1 Descriptive statistics for chicken egg weight and eggshell traits

From: The sodium channel gene family is specifically expressed in hen uterus and associated with eggshell quality traits

Trait1

Sample number

Mean

SD2

Minimum

Maximum

EW (g)

319

55.68

3.81

44.30

68.05

ESW (g)

294

7.47

0.76

4.60

9.89

ESP (%)

294

13.96

1.27

9.83

18.54

ESS (Kg/cm3)

314

3.07

0.62

1.28

4.65

EST (mm)

313

0.32

0.02

0.25

0.37

  1. 1EW = Egg Weight; ESW = Eggshell Weight; ESP = Eggshell Percentage; ESS = Eggshell Strength.
  2. EST = Eggshell Thickness; % indicates these traits relative to EW.
  3. 2SD = standard deviation.