Animal Trait Correlation Database
Sheep Trait Heritabilities
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50 heritability data on 28 traits returned.
Species
Trait (symbol)
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Heritability
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Mean (stdiv)
Variance
Reference
Sheep
Round weight (
RNDWT
)
=
0.38
426.9 (
63.7)
2054.0
Sheep
Longissimus muscle weight (
LMWT
)
=
0.46
319.4 (
60.7)
2205.9
Sheep
Topside weight (
TOPWT
)
=
0.34
541.3 (
95.5)
3700.5
Sheep
Longissimus muscle width (
LMW
)
=
0.29
59.5 (
4.7)
14.51
Sheep
Longissimus muscle depth (
LMD
)
=
0.12
27.4 (
3.6)
8.38
Sheep
Dressing percentage (
DRESSING
)
=
0.21
43.6 (
3.5)
6.53
Sheep
Subcutaneous fat thickness (
SCFT
)
=
0.29
3.3 (
2.0)
2.58
Sheep
Subcutaneous fat thickness (
SCFT
)
=
0.21
5.6 (
2.7)
4.60
Sheep
Subcutaneous fat thickness (
SCFT
)
=
0.23
10.7 (
4.6)
10.95
Sheep
Loin fat weight (
LOINFW
)
=
0.17
159.0 (
92.2)
3015.9
Sheep
Hind leg bone weight (
HLBW
)
=
0.29
912.4 (
131.9)
7757.5
Sheep
Hot carcass weight (
HCWT
)
=
0.35
21.1 (
3.2)
5.03
Sheep
Lean meat yield percentage (
LMYP
)
=
0.29
58.4 (
2.5)
3.891
Sheep
Body weight (
BW
)
=
0.38
41.01 (
8.57)
20.75
Sheep
Body weight (
BW
)
=
0.14
23.80 (
5.06)
11.06
Sheep
Greasy fleece weight (
GFW
)
=
0.57
3.97 (
1.37)
0.48
Sheep
Body weight (
BW
)
=
0.22
4.58 (
1.08)
0.66
Sheep
Wool color (
WCOL
)
=
0.19
73.82 (
2.43)
2.84
Sheep
Wool color (
WCOL
)
=
0.80
8.22 (
1.06)
0.92
Sheep
Longissimus muscle depth (
LMD
)
=
0.20
23.83 (
4.05)
5.65
Sheep
Subcutaneous fat thickness (
SCFT
)
=
0.26
2.65 (
1.05)
0.45
Sheep
Subcutaneous fat thickness (
SCFT
)
=
0.11
2.28 (
0.90)
0.31
Sheep
Breech wrinkle (
BRWR
)
=
0.33
2.47 (
0.91)
0.52
Sheep
Fiber diameter standard deviation (
FDSD
)
=
0.42
3.13 (
0.53)
0.20
Sheep
Fiber diameter coefficient of variance (
CVFD
)
=
0.34
18.54 (
2.69)
5.95
Sheep
Mean fiber diameter (
MFDIAM
)
=
0.74
16.88 (
1.65)
1.64
Sheep
Fiber curvature (
FCURV
)
=
0.39
60.48 (
9.83)
75.30
Sheep
Breech cover (
BRCOV
)
=
0.16
3.57 (
0.92)
0.54
Sheep
Staple strength (
SS
)
=
0.23
31.53 (
11.86)
84.83
Sheep
Dressing percentage (
DRESSING
)
=
0.25
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Longissimus muscle width (
LMW
)
=
0.29
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Mean fiber diameter (
MFDIAM
)
=
0.60
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Fiber curvature (
FCURV
)
=
0.42
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Longissimus muscle area (
LMA
)
=
0.26
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Meat color (
MCOL
)
=
0.18
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Staple strength (
SS
)
=
0.27
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Longissimus muscle depth (
LMD
)
=
0.22
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Meat color (
MCOL
)
=
0.10
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Muscle pH (
MPH
)
=
0.22
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Fiber diameter standard deviation (
FDSD
)
=
0.37
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Fiber diameter coefficient of variance (
CVFD
)
=
0.48
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Body weight (
BW
)
=
0.41
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Longissimus muscle depth (
LMD
)
=
0.22
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Milk yield (
MY
)
=
0.24
133 (
47)
n/a
Sheep
Somatic cell score (
SCS
)
=
0.12
5.27 (
0.50)
n/a
Sheep
Milk protein percentage (
PP
)
=
0.17
5.16 (
0.54)
n/a
Sheep
Subcutaneous fat thickness (
SCFT
)
=
0.28
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Fecal egg count (
FECGEN
)
=
0.32
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Fecal egg count (
FECGEN
)
=
0.31
n/a
n/a
Sheep
Fecal egg count (
FECGEN
)
=
0.18
n/a
n/a
50
records of
1,016
sheep heritability records returned.
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