Animal Trait Correlation Database

Sheep Trait Heritabilities

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22 heritability data on 16 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 Sheep Greasy fleece weight (GFW) = 0.57 3.97 (1.37) 0.48 Sheep Clean fleece weight (CFW) = 0.52 2.79 (0.95) 0.25 Sheep Staple length (SL) = 0.48 88.68 (17.37) 123.53 Sheep Staple strength (SS) = 0.23 31.53 (11.86) 84.83 Sheep Longissimus muscle depth (LMD) = 0.14 21.36 (3.76) 6.23 Sheep Longissimus muscle depth (LMD) = 0.20 23.83 (4.05) 5.65 Sheep Mean fiber diameter (MFDIAM) = 0.74 16.88 (1.65) 1.64 Sheep Subcutaneous fat thickness (SCFT) = 0.11 2.28 (0.90) 0.31 Sheep Subcutaneous fat thickness (SCFT) = 0.26 2.65 (1.05) 0.45 Sheep Body weight (BW) = 0.22 4.58 (1.08) 0.66 Sheep Body weight (BW) = 0.38 41.01 (8.57) 20.75 Sheep Body weight (BW) = 0.59 53.91 (10.49) 32.41 Sheep Body weight (BW) = 0.14 23.80 (5.06) 11.06 Sheep Fleece yield (FLYD) = 0.44 70.65 (6.68) 18.72 Sheep Fiber curvature (FCURV) = 0.39 60.48 (9.83) 75.30 Sheep Fiber diameter coefficient of variance (CVFD) = 0.34 18.54 (2.69) 5.95 Sheep Fiber diameter standard deviation (FDSD) = 0.42 3.13 (0.53) 0.20 Sheep Breech cover (BRCOV) = 0.16 3.57 (0.92) 0.54 Sheep Breech wrinkle (BRWR) = 0.33 2.47 (0.91) 0.52 Sheep Body wrinkle (BODWR) = 0.34 2.21 (0.95) 0.48 Sheep Wool color (WCOL) = 0.19 73.82 (2.43) 2.84 Sheep Wool color (WCOL) = 0.80 8.22 (1.06) 0.92 22 records of 1,016 sheep 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