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Summary:
There are 22 heritability data found on "Intramuscular fat" trait.

n: 22

Median: 0.345 Mean: 0.358

Min-Max range: 0.120 - 0.750 STD: 0.158

Interquartile range: 0.225 - 0.445 95% CI: 0.292 - 0.424

Heritability of "Intramuscular fat" (IMF)

= 0.33

Mean 15.91 (n/a)

Standard deviation 4.39

Variance n/a

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Bhuiyan M S A et al., (2017)
Estimates of genetic parameters for fatty acid compositions in the. . .
Animal : An International Journal of Animal Bioscience,

Heritability of "Intramuscular fat" (IMF)

= 0.27

Mean 3.2 (n/a)

Standard deviation 1.0

Variance 0.98

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Torres-Vázquez J A et al., (2016)
Genetic parameters for docility, weaning weight, yearling weight, and
Journal of Animal Science, 94 (1): 21-7

Heritability of "Intramuscular fat" (IMF)

= 0.40

Mean 5.67 (n/a)

Standard deviation 2.22

Variance n/a

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Mateescu RG et al., (2017)
Network Analysis Reveals Putative Genes Affecting Meat Quality in. . .
Frontiers In Genetics, 8: 171

Heritability of "Intramuscular fat" (IMF)

= 0.47

Mean 3.96 (n/a)

Standard deviation n/a

Variance n/a

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments Longissimus

Reference:
Gregory et al., (1994)
Breed effects, retained heterosis, and estimates of genetic and. . .
Journal of Animal Science, 72 (5): 1174-83

Heritability of "Intramuscular fat" (IMF)

= 0.36

Mean 3.9 (n/a)

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 1.08

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Gregory et al., (1995)
Genetic and phenotypic (co)variances for growth and carcass traits of
Journal of Animal Science, 73 (7): 1920-6

Heritability of "Intramuscular fat" (IMF)

= 0.75

Mean 4.14 (n/a)

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 1.46

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Gregory et al., (1995)
Genetic and phenotypic (co)variances for growth and carcass traits of
Journal of Animal Science, 73 (7): 1920-6

Heritability of "Intramuscular fat" (IMF)

= 0.19

Mean 4.09 (n/a)

Standard deviation 2.24

Variance n/a

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Zhu B et al., (2017)
Genome wide association study and genomic prediction for fatty acid. . .
BMC Genomics, 18 (1): 464

Heritability of "Intramuscular fat" (IMF)

= 0.14

Mean n/a (n/a)

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 0.76

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Schenkel FS et al., (2004)
Genetic parameters and breed differences for feed efficiency, growth,
Can J Anim Sci, 84:177-185

Heritability of "Intramuscular fat" (IMF)

= 0.29

Mean 3.79 (n/a)

Standard deviation 1.03

Variance n/a

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments %

Reference:
McAllister CM et al., (2011)
Genetic Parameters for Intramuscular Fat Percentage, Marbling Score,. . .
J Anim Sci, 89(7):2068-72

Heritability of "Intramuscular fat" (IMF)

= 0.49

Mean 3.96 (n/a)

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 1.19

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Gregory et al., (1995)
Genetic and phenotypic (co)variances for growth and carcass traits of
Journal of Animal Science, 73 (7): 1920-6

Heritability of "Intramuscular fat" (IMF)

= 0.19

Mean 1.21 (n/a)

Standard deviation 0.02

Variance n/a

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments Heritability variance: 0.02

Reference:
Naserkheil et al., (2021)
Estimation of Genetic Parameters and Correlation between Yearling. . .
Animals (Basel), 11(5): 1425

Heritability of "Intramuscular fat" (IMF)

= 0.3072

Mean n/a (n/a)

Standard deviation n/a

Variance n/a

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Buss CE et al., (2022)
Bivariate GWAS reveals pleiotropic regions among feed efficiency and. . .
Mammalian Genome,

Heritability of "Intramuscular fat" (IMF)

= 0.45

Mean n/a (n/a)

Standard deviation n/a

Variance n/a

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Barro AG et al., (2023)
Genetic parameters for frame size and carcass traits in Nellore. . .
Tropical Animal Health And Production, 55(2): 71

Heritability of "Intramuscular fat" (IMF)

= 0.39

Mean 5.66 (n/a)

Standard deviation 2.22

Variance n/a

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments %

Reference:
Mir Asif Iquebal et al., (2023)
Genome-Wide Association Studies and Genetic Parameters for Growth and
BMC Genomics,

Heritability of "Intramuscular fat" (IMF)

= 0.42

Mean n/a (n/a)

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 3.32

Genetic variance on mother side 0.23E-2

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance 0.24

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Mir Asif Iquebal et al., (2023)
Genome-Wide Association Studies and Genetic Parameters for Growth and
BMC Genomics,

Heritability of "Intramuscular fat" (IMF)

= 0.61

Mean 10.02 (n/a)

Standard deviation 3.25

Variance 9.16

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments %

Reference:
Torres-Vázquez JA et al., (2018)
Genetic and phenotypic associations of feed efficiency with growth. . .
Journal of Animal Science, 96 (11): 4521-4531

Heritability of "Intramuscular fat" (IMF)

= 0.21

Mean n/a (n/a)

Standard deviation n/a

Variance n/a

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Reis HBD et al., (2023)
Genome-Wide Association (GWAS) Applied to Carcass and Meat Traits of. . .
Metabolites, 14(1):6

Heritability of "Intramuscular fat" (IMF)

= 0.21

Mean n/a (n/a)

Standard deviation n/a

Variance n/a

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Reis HBD et al., (2023)
Genome-Wide Association (GWAS) Applied to Carcass and Meat Traits of. . .
Metabolites, 14(1):6

Heritability of "Intramuscular fat" (IMF)

= 0.54

Mean n/a (n/a)

Standard deviation n/a

Variance n/a

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Virtuoso MCS et al., (2024)
Genetic parameter estimates for sensory and meat quality traits. . .
Meat Science, 207: 109351

Heritability of "Intramuscular fat" (IMF)

= 0.43

Mean n/a (n/a)

Standard deviation n/a

Variance n/a

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Virtuoso MCS et al., (2024)
Genetic parameter estimates for sensory and meat quality traits. . .
Meat Science, 207: 109351

Heritability of "Intramuscular fat" (IMF)

= 0.30

Mean 2.19 (n/a)

Standard deviation 0.65

Variance 0.40

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments %

Reference:
de Nadai Bonin M et al., (2021)
Genetic parameters associated with meat quality of Nellore cattle at. . .
Meat Science, 171: 108281

Heritability of "Intramuscular fat" (IMF)

= 0.12

Mean 1.62 (n/a)

Standard deviation 0.97

Variance 0.91

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments %

Reference:
de Nadai Bonin M et al., (2021)
Genetic parameters associated with meat quality of Nellore cattle at. . .
Meat Science, 171: 108281

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