Animal Trait Correlation Database
Sheep Trait Heritabilities
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18 heritability data on 8 traits returned.
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Trait (symbol)
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Mean (stdiv)
Variance
Reference
Sheep
Greasy fleece weight (
GFW
)
=
0.38
3.16 (
0.91)
n/a
Sheep
Greasy fleece weight (
GFW
)
=
0.49
3.50 (
0.63)
n/a
Sheep
Clean fleece weight (
CFW
)
=
0.38
2.38 (
0.68)
n/a
Sheep
Clean fleece weight (
CFW
)
=
0.48
2.80 (
0.51)
n/a
Sheep
Staple length (
SL
)
=
0.51
8.5 (
1.96)
n/a
Sheep
Staple length (
SL
)
=
0.30
8.7 (
1.29)
n/a
Sheep
Mean fiber diameter (
MFDIAM
)
=
0.73
15.8 (
1.61)
n/a
Sheep
Mean fiber diameter (
MFDIAM
)
=
0.71
16.6 (
1.75)
n/a
Sheep
Longissimus muscle area (
LMA
)
=
0.45
9.8 (
2.58)
n/a
Sheep
Subcutaneous fat thickness (
SCFT
)
=
0.27
2.6 (
0.93)
n/a
Sheep
Body weight (
BW
)
=
0.63
45.2 (
10.6)
n/a
Sheep
Body weight (
BW
)
=
0.56
47.4 (
5.97)
n/a
Sheep
Body weight (
BW
)
=
0.57
48.9 (
7.10)
n/a
Sheep
Body weight (
BW
)
=
0.52
48.4 (
6.39)
n/a
Sheep
Body condition score (
BCS
)
=
0.28
3.5 (
0.47)
n/a
Sheep
Body condition score (
BCS
)
=
0.16
3.2 (
0.65)
n/a
Sheep
Body condition score (
BCS
)
=
0.23
3.1 (
0.60)
n/a
Sheep
Body condition score (
BCS
)
=
0.15
2.9 (
0.60)
n/a
18
records of
1,016
sheep heritability records returned.
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