Table 3. Heritability estimates for fatty acid acids (%) in KNC-R chicken breast meat

Category Trait h2
SFA C14:0 0.000
C16:0 0.343
C18:0 0.253
SFA 0.438
MUFA C16:1 0.165
C18:1 0.115
C24:1 0.115
MUFA 0.116
PUFA C18:21) 0.305
C18:32) 0.000
C20:21) 0.230
C20:32) 0.056
C20:41) 0.106
C20:52) 0.192
C22:62) 0.048
PUFA 0.097
Omega-3 n-32) 0.000
Omega-6 n-61) 0.134
MUFA+PUFA UFA 0.282
Ratio UFA/SFA 0.394
P/S 0.134
n-6/n-3 0.088
AI AI 0.391
TI TI 0.395
omega (ω)-6 fatty acid.
omega (ω)-3 fatty acid.
KNC-R, Korean native chicken-red-brown line; SFA, ssaturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid; UFA, unsaturated fatty acid; P/S, ratio between PUFAs and SFAs; AI, atherogenicity index; TI, thrombogenicity index.