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Sheep Trait Heritabilities

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Summary:
There are 6 heritability data found on "Litter weight, total" trait.

n: 6

Median: 0.060 Mean: 0.062

Min-Max range: 0.020 - 0.110 STD: 0.040

Interquartile range: 0.025 - 0.095 95% CI: 0.030 - 0.094

Heritability of "Litter weight, total" (TLWT)

= 0.04

Mean n/a (kg)

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:
Haile A et al., (2019)
Estimates of genetic parameters and genetic trends for growth,. . .
Animal : An International Journal of Animal Bioscience, 13(2): 240-247

Heritability of "Litter weight, total" (TLWT)

= 0.02

Mean n/a (kg)

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:
Haile A et al., (2019)
Estimates of genetic parameters and genetic trends for growth,. . .
Animal : An International Journal of Animal Bioscience, 13(2): 240-247

Heritability of "Litter weight, total" (TLWT)

= 0.02

Mean 47.55 (kg)

Standard deviation 22.54

Variance 414.8

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance 40.3

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Bromley CM et al., (2001)
Genetic correlations for litter weight weaned with growth,. . .
J Anim Sci, 79(2):339-46

Heritability of "Litter weight, total" (TLWT)

= 0.11

Mean 43.16 (kg)

Standard deviation 20.67

Variance 341.9

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance 17.9

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Bromley CM et al., (2001)
Genetic correlations for litter weight weaned with growth,. . .
J Anim Sci, 79(2):339-46

Heritability of "Litter weight, total" (TLWT)

= 0.10

Mean 48.32 (kg)

Standard deviation 22.19

Variance 385.9

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance 0.2

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Bromley CM et al., (2001)
Genetic correlations for litter weight weaned with growth,. . .
J Anim Sci, 79(2):339-46

Heritability of "Litter weight, total" (TLWT)

= 0.08

Mean 42.20 (kg)

Standard deviation 20.96

Variance 272.1

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance 18.2

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Bromley CM et al., (2001)
Genetic correlations for litter weight weaned with growth,. . .
J Anim Sci, 79(2):339-46

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