Animal Trait Correlation Database
Cattle Trait Heritabilities
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28 heritability data on 28 traits returned.
Species
Trait (symbol)
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Heritability
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Mean (stdiv)
Variance
Reference
Cattle
Stearic acid content (
FA-C18:0
)
=
0.21
11.96 (
2.65)
n/a
Cattle
Oleic acid content (
FA-C18:1
)
=
0.25
46.87 (
4.48)
n/a
Cattle
Linoleic acid content (
FA-C18:2
)
=
0.02
3.84 (
0.74)
n/a
Cattle
Monounsaturated fatty acid content (
MUFA
)
=
0.4
52.51 (
4.05)
n/a
Cattle
Polyunsaturated fatty acid content (
PUFA
)
=
0.13
4.96 (
0.92)
n/a
Cattle
Saturated fatty acid content (
SFA
)
=
0.51
42.53 (
3.61)
n/a
Cattle
Palmitic acid content (
FA-C16:0
)
=
0.01
27.46 (
4.06)
n/a
Cattle
Palmitoleic acid content (
FA-C16:1
)
=
0.07
4.22 (
0.94)
n/a
Cattle
Myristic acid content (
FA-C14:0
)
=
0.34
2.97 (
0.6)
n/a
Cattle
Myristoleic acid content (
FA-C14:1
)
=
0.43
0.93 (
0.3)
n/a
Cattle
Arachidonic acid content (
FA-C20:4
)
=
0.23
0.01 (
0.0)
n/a
Cattle
Linolenic acid content (
FA-C18:3
)
=
0.09
0.24 (
0.06)
n/a
Cattle
Omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acid ratio (
N6N3R
)
=
0.32
6.37 (
1.17)
n/a
Cattle
Docosahexaenoic acid content (
FA-C22:6
)
=
0.3
0.02 (
0.02)
n/a
Cattle
Docosapentaenoic acid content (
FA-C22:5
)
=
0.02
0.06 (
0.03)
n/a
Cattle
Eicosapentaenoic acid content (
FA-C20:5
)
=
0.05
0.07 (
0.03)
n/a
Cattle
Omega-3 unsaturated fatty acid content (
FA-n3
)
=
0.07
0.65 (
0.18)
n/a
Cattle
Polyunsaturated to saturated fatty acid ratio (
RPUSFA
)
=
0.21
0.12 (
0.02)
n/a
Cattle
Arachidic acid content (
FA-C20:0
)
=
0.02
0.08 (
0.02)
n/a
Cattle
Cis-11,14-Eicosadienoic acid content (
FA-C20:2
)
=
0.1
0.06 (
0.02)
n/a
Cattle
Lignoceric acid content (
FA-C24:0
)
=
0.07
0.04 (
0.02)
n/a
Cattle
Omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid content (
FA-n6
)
=
0.14
3.99 (
0.76)
n/a
Cattle
C18:3 n-6 fatty acid content (
FA-C18:3n6
)
=
0.03
0.08 (
0.02)
n/a
Cattle
Cis-11,14,17-Eicosatrienoic acid content (
FA-C20:3
)
=
0.19
0.26 (
0.14)
n/a
Cattle
Eicosenoic acid content (
FA-C20:1
)
=
0.17
0.48 (
0.14)
n/a
Cattle
Docosanoic acid content (
FA-C22:0
)
=
0.26
0.02 (
0.01)
n/a
Cattle
Cis-9,trans-11-Octadecadienoic acid content (
FA-C18:2
)
=
0.02
0.3 (
0.09)
n/a
Cattle
Trans-10,cis-12-Octadecadienoic acid content (
FA-C18:2
)
=
0.19
0.03 (
0.01)
n/a
28
records of
2,873
Cattle heritability records returned.
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