Heritability Summary for
Ictalurus punctatus
| Main ref. | |||||
| Country | USA |
||||
| Locality | Kansas |
||||
| Trait | growth rate |
||||
| Comment | Body weight of fish grown in earthen ponds. |
||||
| Mean | 513.00000 |
Unit |
grams |
||
| S.D | 142.00000 |
C.V |
0.28 |
S.E |
0.10000 |
| Heritability | 0.33000 |
Method |
realized heritability |
||
| Comment | |||||
| Selection studies | |||||
| Response (%) | 12 |
Method | mass selection |
||
| Comment | Increase in body weight was 54 grams (12%). |
||||