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49 heritability data on 8 "Unsaturated fatty acid content" related traits match your search.

Heritability of "Monounsaturated fatty acid content" (MUFA)

= 0.49

Mean 56.24 (%, mg/100 g dry)

Standard deviation 2.56

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 "Polyunsaturated fatty acid content" (PUFA)

= 0.23

Mean 2.10 (%, mg/100 g dry)

Standard deviation 0.47

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 "Polyunsaturated fatty acid content" (PUFA)

= 0.28

Mean 5.67 (%, mg/100 g dry)

Standard deviation 1.85

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 "Monounsaturated fatty acid content" (MUFA)

= 0.39

Mean 49.05 (%, mg/100 g dry)

Standard deviation 2.79

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 "Milk unsaturated fatty acid content" (UFAM)

= 0.21

Mean 0.754 (g/dL, %)

Standard deviation 0.108

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:
Narayana S G et al., (2017)
Genetic analysis of groups of mid-infrared predicted fatty acids in. . .
Journal of Dairy Science, 100 (6): 4731-4744

Heritability of "Milk monounsaturated fatty acid content" (MMUFA)

= 0.19

Mean 1.112 (g/100 g, %)

Standard deviation 0.200

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:
Vanrobays M-L et al., (2016)
Changes throughout lactation in phenotypic and genetic correlations. . .
Journal of Dairy Science, 99 (9): 7247-7260

Heritability of "Milk unsaturated fatty acid content" (UFAM)

= 0.20

Mean 1.263 (g/dL, %)

Standard deviation 0.221

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:
Vanrobays M-L et al., (2016)
Changes throughout lactation in phenotypic and genetic correlations. . .
Journal of Dairy Science, 99 (9): 7247-7260

Heritability of "Milk unsaturated fatty acid content" (UFAM)

= 0.264

Mean 1.10 (g/dL, %)

Standard deviation 0.24

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 g/dL

Reference:
Fleming A et al., (2018)
Genetic correlations of mid-infrared-predicted milk fatty acid groups
Journal of Dairy Science, 101 (5): 4295-4306

Heritability of "Milk polyunsaturated fatty acid content" (MPUFA)

= 0.31

Mean 0.167 (g/100 g, %)

Standard deviation 0.032

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 g/dL

Reference:
Bastin C et al., (2012)
Genetic correlations of days open with production traits and contents
Journal of Dairy Science, 95 (10): 6113-21

Heritability of "Milk monounsaturated fatty acid content" (MMUFA)

= 0.21

Mean 1.129 (g/100 g, %)

Standard deviation 0.206

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 g/dL

Reference:
Bastin C et al., (2012)
Genetic correlations of days open with production traits and contents
Journal of Dairy Science, 95 (10): 6113-21

Heritability of "Milk unsaturated fatty acid content" (UFAM)

= 0.23

Mean 1.310 (g/dL, %)

Standard deviation 0.226

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 g/dL

Reference:
Bastin C et al., (2012)
Genetic correlations of days open with production traits and contents
Journal of Dairy Science, 95 (10): 6113-21

Heritability of "Polyunsaturated fatty acid content" (PUFA)

= 0.16

Mean 18.8 (%, mg/100 g dry)

Standard deviation 8.72

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 "Monounsaturated fatty acid content" (MUFA)

= 0.27

Mean 34.73 (%, mg/100 g dry)

Standard deviation 6.97

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 "Omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid content" (FA-n6)

= 0.16

Mean 13.54 (%, mg/100g)

Standard deviation 6.28

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 "Omega-3 unsaturated fatty acid content" (FA-n3)

= 0.15

Mean 4.68 (%, mg/100 g)

Standard deviation 2.64

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 "Monounsaturated fatty acid content" (MUFA)

= 0.47

Mean 56.18 (%, mg/100 g dry)

Standard deviation 2.539

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 MSA et al., (2018)
Genome-wide association study and prediction of genomic breeding. . .
Journal of Animal Science, 96 (10): 4063-4075

Heritability of "Polyunsaturated fatty acid content" (PUFA)

= 0.25

Mean 2.106 (%, mg/100 g dry)

Standard deviation 0.482

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 MSA et al., (2018)
Genome-wide association study and prediction of genomic breeding. . .
Journal of Animal Science, 96 (10): 4063-4075

Heritability of "Unsaturated fatty acid content" (PERUFA)

= 0.42

Mean 58.30 (%)

Standard deviation 2.554

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 MSA et al., (2018)
Genome-wide association study and prediction of genomic breeding. . .
Journal of Animal Science, 96 (10): 4063-4075

Heritability of "Milk monounsaturated fatty acid content" (MMUFA)

= 0.0

Mean 27.220 (g/100 g, %)

Standard deviation 3.395

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:
Palombo V et al., (2018)
Genome-wide association study of milk fatty acid composition in. . .
Journal of Dairy Science, 101 (12): 11004-11019

Heritability of "Milk unsaturated fatty acid content" (UFAM)

= 0.0

Mean 31.490 (g/dL, %)

Standard deviation 3.809

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:
Palombo V et al., (2018)
Genome-wide association study of milk fatty acid composition in. . .
Journal of Dairy Science, 101 (12): 11004-11019

Heritability of "Milk polyunsaturated fatty acid content" (MPUFA)

= 0.1912

Mean 4.270 (g/100 g, %)

Standard deviation 0.788

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:
Palombo V et al., (2018)
Genome-wide association study of milk fatty acid composition in. . .
Journal of Dairy Science, 101 (12): 11004-11019

Heritability of "Milk monounsaturated fatty acid content" (MMUFA)

= 0.2647

Mean 29.144 (g/100 g, %)

Standard deviation 3.144

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:
Palombo V et al., (2018)
Genome-wide association study of milk fatty acid composition in. . .
Journal of Dairy Science, 101 (12): 11004-11019

Heritability of "Milk polyunsaturated fatty acid content" (MPUFA)

= 0.3726

Mean 4.116 (g/100 g, %)

Standard deviation 0.651

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:
Palombo V et al., (2018)
Genome-wide association study of milk fatty acid composition in. . .
Journal of Dairy Science, 101 (12): 11004-11019

Heritability of "Milk unsaturated fatty acid content" (UFAM)

= 0.35

Mean 33.260 (g/dL, %)

Standard deviation 3.507

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:
Palombo V et al., (2018)
Genome-wide association study of milk fatty acid composition in. . .
Journal of Dairy Science, 101 (12): 11004-11019

Heritability of "Polyunsaturated fatty acid content" (PUFA)

= 0.13

Mean 4.96 (%, mg/100 g dry)

Standard deviation 0.92

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:
Wang Z et al., (2019)
Genome wide association study identifies SNPs associated with fatty. . .
Journal of Animal Science And Biotechnology, 10: 27

Heritability of "Monounsaturated fatty acid content" (MUFA)

= 0.4

Mean 52.51 (%, mg/100 g dry)

Standard deviation 4.05

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:
Wang Z et al., (2019)
Genome wide association study identifies SNPs associated with fatty. . .
Journal of Animal Science And Biotechnology, 10: 27

Heritability of "Omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid content" (FA-n6)

= 0.14

Mean 3.99 (%, mg/100g)

Standard deviation 0.76

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:
Wang Z et al., (2019)
Genome wide association study identifies SNPs associated with fatty. . .
Journal of Animal Science And Biotechnology, 10: 27

Heritability of "Omega-3 unsaturated fatty acid content" (FA-n3)

= 0.07

Mean 0.65 (%, mg/100 g)

Standard deviation 0.18

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:
Wang Z et al., (2019)
Genome wide association study identifies SNPs associated with fatty. . .
Journal of Animal Science And Biotechnology, 10: 27

Heritability of "Milk unsaturated fatty acid content" (UFAM)

= 0.20

Mean 1.114 (g/dL, %)

Standard deviation 0.26

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 g/100g milk

Reference:
Freitas P H F et al., (2020)
Short communication: Time-dependent genetic parameters and single-step
Journal of Dairy Science, 103 (6): 5263-5269

Heritability of "Milk unsaturated fatty acid content" (UFAM)

= 0.25

Mean 1.242 (g/dL, %)

Standard deviation 0.27

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 g/100g milk

Reference:
Freitas P H F et al., (2020)
Short communication: Time-dependent genetic parameters and single-step
Journal of Dairy Science, 103 (6): 5263-5269

Heritability of "Milk polyunsaturated fatty acid content" (MPUFA)

= 0.11

Mean n/a (g/100 g, %)

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 0.0018

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance 0.0001

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Petrini J et al., (2016)
Genetic Parameters for Milk Fatty Acids, Milk Yield and Quality. . .
J Anim Breed Genet, 133(5):384-95

Heritability of "Milk monounsaturated fatty acid content" (MMUFA)

= 0.07

Mean n/a (g/100 g, %)

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 0.0490

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance 0.0025

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Petrini J et al., (2016)
Genetic Parameters for Milk Fatty Acids, Milk Yield and Quality. . .
J Anim Breed Genet, 133(5):384-95

Heritability of "Milk unsaturated fatty acid content" (UFAM)

= 0.08

Mean n/a (g/dL, %)

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 0.0661

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance 0.0033

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Petrini J et al., (2016)
Genetic Parameters for Milk Fatty Acids, Milk Yield and Quality. . .
J Anim Breed Genet, 133(5):384-95

Heritability of "Milk monounsaturated fatty acid content" (MMUFA)

= 0.07

Mean n/a (g/100 g, %)

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 0.0490

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance 0.0024

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Petrini J et al., (2016)
Genetic Parameters for Milk Fatty Acids, Milk Yield and Quality. . .
J Anim Breed Genet, 133(5):384-95

Heritability of "Milk unsaturated fatty acid content" (UFAM)

= 0.08

Mean n/a (g/dL, %)

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 0.0661

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance 0.0031

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Petrini J et al., (2016)
Genetic Parameters for Milk Fatty Acids, Milk Yield and Quality. . .
J Anim Breed Genet, 133(5):384-95

Heritability of "Milk polyunsaturated fatty acid content" (MPUFA)

= 0.11

Mean n/a (g/100 g, %)

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 0.0018

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance 0.0001

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Petrini J et al., (2016)
Genetic Parameters for Milk Fatty Acids, Milk Yield and Quality. . .
J Anim Breed Genet, 133(5):384-95

Heritability of "Omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid content" (FA-n6)

= 0.269

Mean 2.29 (%, mg/100g)

Standard deviation 0.63

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:
Buchanan JW et al., (2015)
Genetic Parameters and Genetic Correlations Among Triacylglycerol and
J Anim Sci, 93(2):522-8

Heritability of "Monounsaturated fatty acid content" (MUFA)

= 0.461

Mean 51.57 (%, mg/100 g dry)

Standard deviation 2.57

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:
Buchanan JW et al., (2015)
Genetic Parameters and Genetic Correlations Among Triacylglycerol and
J Anim Sci, 93(2):522-8

Heritability of "Polyunsaturated fatty acid content" (PUFA)

= 0.151

Mean 2.62 (%, mg/100 g dry)

Standard deviation 0.88

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:
Buchanan JW et al., (2015)
Genetic Parameters and Genetic Correlations Among Triacylglycerol and
J Anim Sci, 93(2):522-8

Heritability of "Monounsaturated fatty acid content" (MUFA)

= 0.020

Mean 23.94 (%, mg/100 g dry)

Standard deviation 8.06

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:
Buchanan JW et al., (2015)
Genetic Parameters and Genetic Correlations Among Triacylglycerol and
J Anim Sci, 93(2):522-8

Heritability of "Polyunsaturated fatty acid content" (PUFA)

= 0.001

Mean 37.13 (%, mg/100 g dry)

Standard deviation 9.03

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:
Buchanan JW et al., (2015)
Genetic Parameters and Genetic Correlations Among Triacylglycerol and
J Anim Sci, 93(2):522-8

Heritability of "Omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid content" (FA-n6)

= 0.019

Mean 35.01 (%, mg/100g)

Standard deviation 8.62

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:
Buchanan JW et al., (2015)
Genetic Parameters and Genetic Correlations Among Triacylglycerol and
J Anim Sci, 93(2):522-8

Heritability of "Omega-3 unsaturated fatty acid content" (FA-n3)

= 0.040

Mean 0.33 (%, mg/100 g)

Standard deviation 0.40

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:
Buchanan JW et al., (2015)
Genetic Parameters and Genetic Correlations Among Triacylglycerol and
J Anim Sci, 93(2):522-8

Heritability of "Omega-3 unsaturated fatty acid content" (FA-n3)

= 0.000

Mean 2.11 (%, mg/100 g)

Standard deviation 2.05

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:
Buchanan JW et al., (2015)
Genetic Parameters and Genetic Correlations Among Triacylglycerol and
J Anim Sci, 93(2):522-8

Heritability of "Milk unsaturated fatty acid content" (UFAM)

= 0.29

Mean 25.69 (g/dL, %)

Standard deviation 1.93

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 wt/wt%

Reference:
Schennink A et al., (2009)
Short communication: Genome-wide scan for bovine milk-fat composition.
Journal of Dairy Science, 92 (9): 4676-82

Heritability of "Milk monounsaturated fatty acid content" (MMUFA)

= 0.07

Mean 0.98 (g/100 g, %)

Standard deviation 0.24

Variance n/a

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance 0.00358

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments g/100g milk

Reference:
Bobbo T et al., (2020)
Genetic Parameters of Bovine Milk Fatty Acid Profile, Yield,. . .
Animals : An Open Access Journal From MDPI, 10(12):2406

Heritability of "Milk polyunsaturated fatty acid content" (MPUFA)

= 0.07

Mean 0.10 (g/100 g, %)

Standard deviation 0.03

Variance n/a

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance 0.00005

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments g/100g milk

Reference:
Bobbo T et al., (2020)
Genetic Parameters of Bovine Milk Fatty Acid Profile, Yield,. . .
Animals : An Open Access Journal From MDPI, 10(12):2406

Heritability of "Omega-3 unsaturated fatty acid content" (FA-n3)

= 0.2536

Mean n/a (%, mg/100 g)

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 "Omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid content" (FA-n6)

= 0.0849

Mean n/a (%, mg/100g)

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,

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