Animal Trait Correlation Database

 Cattle Trait Details

Shear force (SF)
Trait ID :1186
Mean : 5.08 (kg, kgf)
Standard deviation :n/a
Heritability :0.12
Variance :1.25
Genetic variance on mother side : 
Genetic variance on father side : 
Permanent environmental variance : 
Temporary environmental variance : 

Reference

Gregory, KE; Cundiff, LV; Koch, RM, (1995)

Genetic and phenotypic (co)variances for growth and carcass traits of purebred and composite populations of beef cattle.

Journal of Animal Science, 73 (7): 1920-6

Additional information about the trait :

Description :A measure of the force required to shear cooked meat samples
Measure unit :kg, kgf

Annotated data to this trait:

 3,636 QTL/SNP associations are found on this trait 243 correlartion records are linked with this trait 28 heritability measurements are reported on this trait
 

 

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