Animal Trait Correlation Database
Cattle Trait Heritabilities
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24 heritability data on 12 traits returned.
Species
Trait (symbol)
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Heritability
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Mean (stdiv)
Variance
Reference
Cattle
Somatic cell score (
SCS
)
=
0.12
n/a
4.296
Cattle
Somatic cell score (
SCS
)
=
0.12
n/a
4.297
Cattle
Milk fat percentage (
FP
)
=
0.19
n/a
0.514
Cattle
Milk fat percentage (
FP
)
=
0.19
n/a
0.514
Cattle
Milk protein percentage (
PP
)
=
0.35
n/a
0.065
Cattle
Milk protein percentage (
PP
)
=
0.35
n/a
0.065
Cattle
Milk yield (
MY
)
=
0.12
n/a
65.584
Cattle
Milk yield (
MY
)
=
0.13
n/a
68.591
Cattle
Milk stearic acid content (
MFA-C18:0
)
=
0.13
n/a
0.0180
Cattle
Milk stearic acid content (
MFA-C18:0
)
=
0.14
n/a
0.0180
Cattle
Milk oleic acid content (
MFA-C18:1
)
=
0.07
n/a
0.0333
Cattle
Milk oleic acid content (
MFA-C18:1
)
=
0.07
n/a
0.0333
Cattle
Milk palmitic acid content (
MFA-C16:0
)
=
0.26
n/a
0.0401
Cattle
Milk palmitic acid content (
MFA-C16:0
)
=
0.26
n/a
0.0401
Cattle
Milk lactose content (
MLC
)
=
0.30
n/a
0.044
Cattle
Milk lactose content (
MLC
)
=
0.31
n/a
0.044
Cattle
Milk saturated fatty acid content (
MSFA
)
=
0.25
n/a
0.2279
Cattle
Milk saturated fatty acid content (
MSFA
)
=
0.25
n/a
0.2279
Cattle
Milk monounsaturated fatty acid content (
MMUFA
)
=
0.07
n/a
0.0490
Cattle
Milk monounsaturated fatty acid content (
MMUFA
)
=
0.07
n/a
0.0490
Cattle
Milk polyunsaturated fatty acid content (
MPUFA
)
=
0.11
n/a
0.0018
Cattle
Milk polyunsaturated fatty acid content (
MPUFA
)
=
0.11
n/a
0.0018
Cattle
Milk unsaturated fatty acid content (
UFAM
)
=
0.08
n/a
0.0661
Cattle
Milk unsaturated fatty acid content (
UFAM
)
=
0.08
n/a
0.0661
24
records of
2,873
Cattle heritability records returned.
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