The Estimation of Heritability of Weekly Body Weights in Japanese Quails with ML (Maximum Likelihood) Method

Abstract

In this study the heritability of body weights of Japanese quails (Coturnix coturnix Japanica) was estimated by using ML (Maximum Likelihood) methods. Firstly, the variance components were estimated by using ML method which were later estimated the heritability for weekly body weights. The estimation of heritability of body weights are following: for third week: 0.272±0.066, for fourth week: 0.60±0.13, for fifth week: 0.312±0.074

Keywords

• body weight
• heritability
• maximum likelihood method
• variance components