Heritability Summary for
Ictalurus punctatus
| Main ref. | |||||
| Country | USA |
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| Locality | US National Fish Hatchery, Marion |
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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 | 486.00000 |
Unit |
grams |
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| S.D | 146.00000 |
C.V |
0.3 |
S.E |
0.13000 |
| Heritability | 0.50000 |
Method |
realized heritability |
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| Comment | |||||
| Selection studies | |||||
| Response (%) | 18 |
Method | mass selection |
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| Comment | Increase in body weight was 73 grams (18%). |
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