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There are 6 heritability data found on "Longissimus muscle area" trait.

n: 6

Median: 0.300 Mean: 0.313

Min-Max range: 0.190 - 0.450 STD: 0.092

Interquartile range: 0.265 - 0.365 95% CI: 0.239 - 0.387

Heritability of "Longissimus muscle area" (LMA)

= 0.26

Mean n/a (cm^2)

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:
Greeff J C et al., (2008)
Genetic parameters for carcass and meat quality traits and their. . .
Journal of Animal Breeding And Genetics, 125 (3): 205-15

Heritability of "Longissimus muscle area" (LMA)

= 0.32

Mean n/a (cm^2)

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:
Zhao Y et al., (2022)
Whole Genome Sequencing Analysis to Identify Candidate Genes. . .
Frontiers In Genetics, 13: 824742

Heritability of "Longissimus muscle area" (LMA)

= 0.28

Mean n/a (cm^2)

Standard deviation n/a

Variance n/a

Genetic variance on mother side 0.25

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Zhao Y et al., (2022)
Whole Genome Sequencing Analysis to Identify Candidate Genes. . .
Frontiers In Genetics, 13: 824742

Heritability of "Longissimus muscle area" (LMA)

= 0.38

Mean n/a (cm^2)

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:
Zhao Y et al., (2022)
Estimation of genetic correlations of two key feed efficiency traits. . .
Animal Biotechnology,

Heritability of "Longissimus muscle area" (LMA)

= 0.19

Mean 13.1 (cm^2)

Standard deviation 2.2

Variance 3.18

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:
Mortimer S I et al., (2017)
Genetic correlations between wool traits and carcass traits in Merino
Journal of Animal Science, 95 (6): 2385-2398

Heritability of "Longissimus muscle area" (LMA)

= 0.45

Mean 9.8 (cm^2)

Standard deviation 2.58

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 cm^2

Reference:
Ramos Z et al., (2023)
Genetic and phenotypic relationships between ewe reproductive. . .
Journal of Animal Science, 101:skad071

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