Animal Trait Correlation Database
Cattle Trait Heritabilities
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7 heritability data on 7 traits returned.
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Trait (symbol)
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Heritability
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Mean (stdiv)
Variance
Reference
Cattle
Carcass weight (
CWT
)
=
0.60
344.9 (
38.4)
n/a
Cattle
Dressing percentage (
DRESSPERC
)
=
0.49
62.4 (
2.4)
n/a
Cattle
Marbling score (
MARBL
)
=
0.88
5.3 (
0.9)
n/a
Cattle
Subcutaneous fat thickness (
SUBFAT
)
=
0.46
1.0 (
0.4)
n/a
Cattle
Yield grade (
YGRADE
)
=
0.54
2.8 (
0.8)
n/a
Cattle
Kidney, pelvic, and heart fat percentage (
KPHCWT
)
=
0.45
2.5 (
0.7)
n/a
Cattle
Longissimus muscle area (
LMA
)
=
0.97
81.7 (
10.3)
n/a
7
records of
2,873
cattle heritability records returned.
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38.4)
