Animal Trait Correlation Database

Cattle Trait Heritabilities

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13 heritability data on 13 traits returned. Species Trait (symbol) (Click for details, linking to QTL/ associations/ correlations/ VT/ LPT/ etc) Heritability (Click for more reports on the same trait)  Mean (stdiv)  Variance Reference Cattle Carcass weight (CWT) = 0.55 283.39 (37.82) 471.98 Cattle Dressing percentage (DRESSPERC) = 0.77 63.85 (2.27) 3.33 Cattle Marbling score (MARBL) = 0.44 323.75 (57.19) 2763.82 Cattle Subcutaneous fat thickness (SUBFAT) = 0.63 13.34 (3.67) 16.70 Cattle Yield grade (YGRADE) = 0.71 3.08 (0.56) 0.277 Cattle Average daily gain (ADG) = 0.64 1.10 (0.17) 0.0202 Cattle Retail product yield (YIELD) = 0.50 141.31 (18.28) 98.35 Cattle Kidney, pelvic, and heart fat percentage (KPHCWT) = 0.46 2.29 (0.67) 0.362 Cattle Longissimus muscle area (LMA) = 0.44 72.55 (7.71) 38.25 Cattle Cutability (CUT) = 0.71 49.91 (1.40) 1.76 Cattle Body weight (BW) = 0.47 443.61 (55.7) 1025.54 Cattle Quality grade (QUALG) = 0.47 525.95 (42.87) 1543.08 Cattle Body height (HEIGHT) = 0.67 134.81 (6.63) 17.13 13 records of 2,873 Cattle heritability records returned. To explore further: use the Filter tool box on top right of the page to explore more. browse the list of traits for what you look for.   © 2003-2025: USA · USDA · NRPSP8 · Program to Accelerate Animal Genomics Applications. Contact: Bioinformatics Team