Animal Trait Correlation Database
Sheep Trait Heritabilities
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44 heritability data on 12 traits returned.
Species
Trait (symbol)
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Heritability
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Mean (stdiv)
Variance
Reference
Sheep
Dressing percentage (
DRESSING
)
=
0.25
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Average daily gain (
ADG
)
=
0.32
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Longissimus muscle area (
LMA
)
=
0.38
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Subcutaneous fat thickness (
SCFT
)
=
0.10
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Body weight (
BW
)
=
0.84
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Body weight (
BW
)
=
0.72
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Body weight (
BW
)
=
0.88
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Residual feed intake (
RFI
)
=
0.50
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Residual feed intake (
RFI
)
=
0.31
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Residual feed intake (
RFI
)
=
0.33
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Residual feed intake (
RFI
)
=
0.39
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Residual feed intake (
RFI
)
=
0.50
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Residual feed intake (
RFI
)
=
0.24
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Residual feed intake (
RFI
)
=
0.40
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Residual feed intake (
RFI
)
=
0.42
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Residual feed intake (
RFI
)
=
0.50
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Residual feed intake (
RFI
)
=
0.42
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Residual feed intake (
RFI
)
=
0.48
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Residual feed intake (
RFI
)
=
0.53
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Residual feed intake (
RFI
)
=
0.48
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Residual feed intake (
RFI
)
=
0.54
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Residual feed intake (
RFI
)
=
0.47
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Residual feed intake (
RFI
)
=
0.50
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Feed conversion ratio (
FCR
)
=
0.56
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Feed conversion ratio (
FCR
)
=
0.05
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Feed conversion ratio (
FCR
)
=
0.25
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Feed conversion ratio (
FCR
)
=
0.11
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Feed conversion ratio (
FCR
)
=
0.16
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Feed conversion ratio (
FCR
)
=
0.12
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Feed conversion ratio (
FCR
)
=
0.20
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Feed conversion ratio (
FCR
)
=
0.19
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Feed conversion ratio (
FCR
)
=
0.35
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Feed conversion ratio (
FCR
)
=
0.35
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Feed conversion ratio (
FCR
)
=
0.45
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Feed conversion ratio (
FCR
)
=
0.56
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Feed conversion ratio (
FCR
)
=
0.47
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Feed conversion ratio (
FCR
)
=
0.77
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Feed conversion ratio (
FCR
)
=
0.57
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Feed conversion ratio (
FCR
)
=
0.56
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Feed intake (
FEEDIN
)
=
0.52
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Gastrointestinal tract weight (
GITW
)
=
0.31
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Gastrointestinal tract percentage (
GITP
)
=
0.27
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Scrotal circumference (
SCRCIR
)
=
0.40
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Tail fat percentage (
TAILFP
)
=
0.25
n/a
n/a
44
records of
1,016
sheep heritability records returned.
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