Animal Trait Correlation Database
Cattle Trait Heritabilities
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17 heritability data on 17 traits returned.
Species
Trait (symbol)
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Heritability
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Mean (stdiv)
Variance
Reference
Cattle
Milk caproic acid content (
MFA-C6:0
)
=
0.39
0.074 (
0.012)
n/a
Cattle
Milk caprylic acid content (
MFA-C8:0
)
=
0.40
0.047 (
0.009)
n/a
Cattle
Milk capric acid content (
MFA-C10:0
)
=
0.40
0.110 (
0.027)
n/a
Cattle
Milk lauric acid content (
MFA-C12:0
)
=
0.40
0.135 (
0.035)
n/a
Cattle
Milk myristic acid content (
MFA-C14:0
)
=
0.42
0.474 (
0.086)
n/a
Cattle
Milk stearic acid content (
MFA-C18:0
)
=
0.19
0.380 (
0.088)
n/a
Cattle
Milk oleic acid content (
MFA-C18:1
)
=
0.15
0.799 (
0.166)
n/a
Cattle
Milk palmitic acid content (
MFA-C16:0
)
=
0.38
1.261 (
0.266)
n/a
Cattle
Milk saturated fatty acid content (
MSFA
)
=
0.40
2.781 (
0.447)
n/a
Cattle
Milk monounsaturated fatty acid content (
MMUFA
)
=
0.19
1.112 (
0.200)
n/a
Cattle
Milk unsaturated fatty acid content (
UFAM
)
=
0.20
1.263 (
0.221)
n/a
Cattle
Milk butyric acid content (
MFA-C4:0
)
=
0.31
0.106 (
0.017)
n/a
Cattle
Milk margaric acid content (
MFA-C17:0
)
=
0.35
0.029 (
0.004)
n/a
Cattle
Milk short-chain fatty acid content (
MSCFA
)
=
0.39
0.354 (
0.060)
n/a
Cattle
Milk medium-chain fatty acid content (
MMCFA
)
=
0.41
2.187 (
0.404)
n/a
Cattle
Milk long-chain fatty acid content (
MLCFA
)
=
0.17
1.522 (
0.297)
n/a
Cattle
Methane production (
METH
)
=
0.25
448 (
71)
n/a
17
records of
2,873
cattle heritability records returned.
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