Animal Trait Correlation Database
Cattle Trait Heritabilities
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18 heritability data on 18 traits returned.
Species
Trait (symbol)
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Heritability
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Mean (stdiv)
Variance
Reference
Cattle
Subcutaneous fat thickness (
SUBFAT
)
=
0.3071
n/a
n/a
Cattle
Average daily gain (
ADG
)
=
0.3848
n/a
n/a
Cattle
Longissimus muscle area (
LMA
)
=
0.4036
n/a
n/a
Cattle
Intramuscular fat (
IMF
)
=
0.3072
n/a
n/a
Cattle
Feed conversion ratio (
FCR
)
=
0.3063
n/a
n/a
Cattle
Residual feed intake (
RFI
)
=
0.2716
n/a
n/a
Cattle
Dry matter intake (
DMI
)
=
0.3126
n/a
n/a
Cattle
Muscle pH (
PH
)
=
0.2518
n/a
n/a
Cattle
Myofibrillar fragmentation index (
MFI
)
=
0.1725
n/a
n/a
Cattle
Shear force (
SF
)
=
0.1523
n/a
n/a
Cattle
Saturated fatty acid content (
SFA
)
=
0.1524
n/a
n/a
Cattle
Water holding capacity (
WHC
)
=
0.1301
n/a
n/a
Cattle
Omega-3 unsaturated fatty acid content (
FA-n3
)
=
0.2536
n/a
n/a
Cattle
Omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid content (
FA-n6
)
=
0.0849
n/a
n/a
Cattle
Feed efficiency (
FEEDEFF
)
=
0.1621
n/a
n/a
Cattle
Efficiency of gain (
EFFGAIN
)
=
0.3478
n/a
n/a
Cattle
Relative growth rate (
RGR
)
=
0.1641
n/a
n/a
Cattle
Maintenance efficiency (
MAINEF
)
=
0.2332
n/a
n/a
18
records of
2,873
Cattle heritability records returned.
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