Animal Trait Correlation Database
Pig Trait Heritabilities
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21 heritability data on 18 traits returned.
Species
Trait (symbol)
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Heritability
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Mean (stdiv)
Variance
Reference
Pig
Average daily gain (
ADG
)
=
0.36
n/a
n/a
Pig
Intramuscular fat content (
IMF
)
=
0.52
n/a
n/a
Pig
Marbling (
MARB
)
=
0.16
n/a
n/a
Pig
Off-flavor score (
OFFFLAV
)
=
0.03
n/a
n/a
Pig
Subcutaneous fat thickness (
SUBCFAT
)
=
0.54
n/a
n/a
Pig
Subcutaneous fat thickness (
SUBCFAT
)
=
0.56
n/a
n/a
Pig
Subcutaneous fat thickness (
SUBCFAT
)
=
0.61
n/a
n/a
Pig
Cooking loss (
COOKL
)
=
0.06
n/a
n/a
Pig
Firmness (
FIRM
)
=
0.29
n/a
n/a
Pig
Shear force (
SHEAR
)
=
0.17
n/a
n/a
Pig
Tenderness score (
TEND
)
=
0.45
n/a
n/a
Pig
Water holding capacity (
WHC
)
=
0.25
n/a
n/a
Pig
Overall impression, sensory panel (
OVIM
)
=
0.34
n/a
n/a
Pig
Muscle moisture percentage (
MMP
)
=
0.14
n/a
n/a
Pig
Juiciness score (
JUICE
)
=
0.12
n/a
n/a
Pig
Subjective pork flavor in lean (
PFLLEAN
)
=
0.13
n/a
n/a
Pig
Muscle pH (
MPH
)
=
0.14
n/a
n/a
Pig
Meat color (
MCOL
)
=
0.11
n/a
n/a
Pig
Carcass length (
CRCL
)
=
0.62
n/a
n/a
Pig
Longissimus muscle area (
LMA
)
=
0.80
n/a
n/a
Pig
Longissimus muscle area (
LMA
)
=
0.46
n/a
n/a
21
records of
2,044
Pig heritability records returned.
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