Animal Trait Correlation Database
Sheep Trait Heritabilities
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12 heritability data on 10 traits returned.
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Trait (symbol)
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Heritability
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Mean (stdiv)
Variance
Reference
Sheep
Average daily gain (
ADG
)
=
0.09
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Milk yield (
MY
)
=
0.29
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Milk protein yield (
PY
)
=
0.20
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Milk fat yield (
MFY
)
=
0.30
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Milk lactose yield (
MLACT
)
=
0.26
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Body weight (
BW
)
=
0.03
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Body weight (
BW
)
=
0.06
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Lambing interval (
LAINT
)
=
0.08
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Litter weight, total (
TLWT
)
=
0.04
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Litter weight, total (
TLWT
)
=
0.02
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Milk solids yield (
MSOL
)
=
0.28
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Lactation length (
LACTLEN
)
=
0.16
n/a
n/a
12
records of
1,016
sheep heritability records returned.
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