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) = 0.17 358 (1.5) 722.53 Cattle Dressing percentage (DRESSPERC) = 0.15 61.1 (0.09) 2.28 Cattle Marbling score (MARBL) = 0.35 536.8 (4.7) 5052.37 Cattle Subcutaneous fat thickness (SUBFAT) = 0.54 0.96 (0.024) 0.1225 Cattle Tenderness score (TEND) = 0.25 6.40 (0.04) 0.49 Cattle Yield grade (YGRADE) = 0.49 2.95 (0.04) 0.292 Cattle Retail product yield (YIELD) = 0.71 62.1 (0.21) 8.01 Cattle Kidney, pelvic, and heart fat percentage (KPHCWT) = 0.06 2.55 (0.03) 0.240 Cattle Longissimus muscle area (LMA) = 0.37 80.8 (0.4) 48.86 Cattle Juiciness (JUICE) = 0.24 5.31 (0.02) 0.109 Cattle Beef flavor intensity (BEEFFLAV) = 0.40 4.71 (0.02) 0.073 Cattle Shear force (SF) = 0.16 3.75 (0.04) 0.397 Cattle Body weight (BW) = 0.31 585 (2.7) 1766.52 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