Animal Trait Correlation Database

 Sheep Trait Details

Body weight (BW)
Trait ID :3156
Mean : 4.58 (kg)
Standard deviation : 1.08
Heritability :0.22
Variance :0.66
Genetic variance on mother side : 
Genetic variance on father side : 
Permanent environmental variance : 
Temporary environmental variance : 

Reference

Mortimer S I, Hatcher S, Fogarty N M, van der Werf J H J, Brown D J, Swan A A, Greeff J C, Refshauge G, Edwards J E Hocking, Gaunt G M, (2017)

Genetic parameters for wool traits, live weight, and ultrasound carcass traits in Merino sheep

Journal of Animal Science, 95 (5): 1879-1891

Additional information about the trait :

Description :Body weight, unspecified
Measurement :weight
Measure unit :kg
Link to Vertibrate Trait ontology :Accession: VT:0001259
Link to Clinical Measurement Ontology :Accession: CMO:0000012

Annotated data to this trait:

 810 QTL/SNP associations are found on this trait 1741 correlartion records are linked with this trait 281 heritability measurements are reported on this trait
 

 

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