Animal Trait Correlation Database

 Cattle Trait Details

Biceps brachii weight (BBMW)
Trait ID :1669
Mean : 1.07 (kg)
Standard deviation : 0.30
Heritability :0.39
Variance : 
Genetic variance on mother side : 
Genetic variance on father side : 
Permanent environmental variance : 
Temporary environmental variance : 

Reference

Song Y, Xu L, Chen Y, Zhang L, Gao H, Zhu B, Niu H, Zhang W, Xia J, Gao X, Li J, (2016)

Genome-Wide Association Study Reveals the PLAG1 Gene for Knuckle, Biceps and Shank Weight in Simmental Beef Cattle

PloS One, 11 (12): e0168316

Additional information about the trait :

Description :Weight of the muscle of the forelimb that originates on the supraglenoid tubercle of the scapula and inserts on the medial radial tuberosity
Measurement :weight
Measure unit :kg
Link to Vertibrate Trait ontology :Accession: VT:0010645
Link to Clinical Measurement Ontology :Accession: CMO:0002512

Annotated data to this trait:

 10 QTL/SNP associations are found on this trait 2 correlartion records are linked with this trait 1 heritability measurement is reported on this trait
 

 

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