Animal Trait Correlation Database

 Pig Trait Details

Water holding capacity (WHC)
Trait ID :44
Mean : 57.90 (g)
Standard deviation : 11.10
Heritability :0.21
Variance : 
Genetic variance on mother side : 
Genetic variance on father side : 
Permanent environmental variance : 
Temporary environmental variance : 

Reference

Lee JH, Song KD, Lee HK, Cho KH, Park HC, Park KD, (2015)

Genetic Parameters of Reproductive and Meat Quality Traits in Korean Berkshire Pigs

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 28 (10): 1388-93

Additional information about the trait :

Description :The ability of meat to retain its water during cutting, grinding, heating, pressing, etc
Measure unit :g

Annotated data to this trait:

 38 QTL/SNP associations are found on this trait 100 correlartion records are linked with this trait 9 heritability measurements are reported on this trait
 

 

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