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Table 2 Summary statistics of the traits

From: SNP markers associated with body size and pelt length in American mink (Neovison vison)

Trait

Unit

Records

Mean (std. error)

Rang of trait (min~max)

Pedigree-based heritability

Genomic heritabilitya

Behavior

1 (exploratory behavior) to 4 (avoidance behavior)

875

0.22 (0.05)

−1.27~ 2.70

0.15

0.20

Body weight

gram

2265

74.59 (5.98)

− 700.97~ 868.68

0.49

0.48

Under wool density

1–3 (flat-filling)

1557

0.04 (0.01)

−1.28~ 0.85

0.10

0.15

Guard hair length

1–5 (long-short)

1557

0.03 (0.01)

−1.99~ 1.17

0.34

0.40

Guard hair thickness

1–3 (thick-thin)

1557

0.03 (0.01)

−1.4~ 1.09

0.34

0.41

Pelt density

1–3 (flat-filling)

1995

0.11 (0.01)

−1.18~ 1.20

0.22

0.21

Pelt length

cm

1960

0.06 (0.09)

−21.65~ 17.26

0.42

0.44

Pelt quality

1–12 (worst-best)

1995

0.13 (0.05)

−5.39~ 7.13

0.31

0.32

Pelt silkiness

1–3 (normal-silky)

1987

−0.08 (0.01)

−1.167~ 1.49

0.18

0.22

Color of the under wool

1–3 (red-blue)

1557

0.03 (0.02)

−1.44~ 1.22

0.19

0.13

Overall general impression of pelt

1–5 (5 is best)

1557

0.09 (0.02)

−3.33~ 1.79

0.16

0.42

Silky appearance of the pelt

1–3 (normal-silky)

1557

−0.07 (0.02)

−1.39~ 1.05

0.18

0.33

  1. a Ratio between variance captured by all SNP markers and the phenotypic variance