Animal Trait Correlation Database
Cattle Trait Heritabilities
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34 heritability data on 12 traits returned.
Species
Trait (symbol)
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Heritability
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Mean (stdiv)
Variance
Reference
Cattle
Carcass weight (
CWT
)
=
0.27
n/a
825.11
Cattle
Carcass weight (
CWT
)
=
0.41
n/a
857.76
Cattle
Dressing percentage (
DRESSPERC
)
=
0.19
n/a
3.89
Cattle
Dressing percentage (
DRESSPERC
)
=
0.18
n/a
3.82
Cattle
Dressing percentage (
DRESSPERC
)
=
0.26
n/a
3.36
Cattle
Marbling score (
MARBL
)
=
0.40
n/a
0.34
Cattle
Marbling score (
MARBL
)
=
0.35
n/a
0.32
Cattle
Marbling score (
MARBL
)
=
0.41
n/a
0.34
Cattle
Subcutaneous fat thickness (
SUBFAT
)
=
0.20
n/a
0.09
Cattle
Subcutaneous fat thickness (
SUBFAT
)
=
0.21
n/a
0.08
Cattle
Yield grade (
YGRADE
)
=
0.30
n/a
0.33
Cattle
Yield grade (
YGRADE
)
=
0.24
n/a
0.15
Cattle
Yield grade (
YGRADE
)
=
0.30
n/a
0.30
Cattle
Retail product yield (
YIELD
)
=
0.42
n/a
9.84
Cattle
Retail product yield (
YIELD
)
=
0.41
n/a
7.12
Cattle
Retail product yield (
YIELD
)
=
0.44
n/a
9.36
Cattle
Kidney, pelvic, and heart fat percentage (
KPHCWT
)
=
0.23
n/a
0.37
Cattle
Kidney, pelvic, and heart fat percentage (
KPHCWT
)
=
0.26
n/a
0.34
Cattle
Kidney, pelvic, and heart fat percentage (
KPHCWT
)
=
0.23
n/a
0.36
Cattle
Longissimus muscle area (
LMA
)
=
0.24
n/a
67.46
Cattle
Longissimus muscle area (
LMA
)
=
0.25
n/a
68.17
Cattle
Longissimus muscle area (
LMA
)
=
0.25
n/a
56.06
Cattle
Bone weight (
BONEWT
)
=
0.43
n/a
19.46
Cattle
Bone weight (
BONEWT
)
=
0.48
n/a
20.49
Cattle
Bone weight (
BONEWT
)
=
0.32
n/a
11.33
Cattle
Bone percentage (
BONEP
)
=
0.28
n/a
1.11
Cattle
Bone percentage (
BONEP
)
=
0.35
n/a
0.94
Cattle
Bone percentage (
BONEP
)
=
0.33
n/a
1.00
Cattle
Fat percentage (
FATP
)
=
0.31
n/a
13.27
Cattle
Fat percentage (
FATP
)
=
0.26
n/a
9.25
Cattle
Fat percentage (
FATP
)
=
0.35
n/a
12.22
Cattle
Fat weight (
FATWT
)
=
0.28
n/a
203.22
Cattle
Fat weight (
FATWT
)
=
0.29
n/a
145.71
Cattle
Fat weight (
FATWT
)
=
0.35
n/a
136.20
34
records of
2,873
Cattle heritability records returned.
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