Animal Trait Correlation Database

 Cattle Trait Details

Milk iron content (MFE)
Trait ID :1618
Mean : 0.17 (ppm)
Standard deviation : 0.04
Heritability :1.91E-4
Variance : 
Genetic variance on mother side : 
Genetic variance on father side : 
Permanent environmental variance : 
Temporary environmental variance : 

Reference

Buitenhuis B, Poulsen NA, Larsen LB, Sehested J, (2015)

Estimation of genetic parameters and detection of quantitative trait loci for minerals in Danish Holstein and Danish Jersey milk

BMC Genetics, 16:52

Additional information about the trait :

Description :Concentration in milk of this metallic element that is an essential constituent of hemoglobins, cytochromes, and iron-binding proteins.
Measurement :concentration
Measure unit :ppm
Link to Vertibrate Trait ontology :Accession: VT:0001770

Annotated data to this trait:

 255 QTL/SNP associations are found on this trait 26 correlartion records are linked with this trait 2 heritability measurements are reported on this trait
 

 

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