Animal Trait Correlation Database
Cattle Trait Heritabilities
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17 heritability data on 14 traits returned.
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Trait (symbol)
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Heritability
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Mean (stdiv)
Variance
Reference
Cattle
Carcass weight (
CWT
)
=
0.33
312.32 (
31.88)
n/a
Cattle
Marbling score (
MARBL
)
=
0.75
5.21 (
0.79)
n/a
Cattle
Marbling score (
MARBL
)
=
0.49
2.51 (
0.53)
n/a
Cattle
Subcutaneous fat thickness (
SUBFAT
)
=
0.59
9.33 (
3.51)
n/a
Cattle
Yield grade (
YGRADE
)
=
0.58
1.73 (
0.72)
n/a
Cattle
Average daily gain (
ADG
)
=
0.59
1.46 (
0.27)
n/a
Cattle
Longissimus muscle area (
LMA
)
=
0.39
83.37 (
10.62)
n/a
Cattle
Longissimus muscle area (
LMA
)
=
0.45
83.94 (
9.19)
n/a
Cattle
Feed conversion ratio (
FCR
)
=
0.41
7.29 (
1.26)
n/a
Cattle
Residual feed intake (
RFI
)
=
0.21
0.00 (
0.88)
n/a
Cattle
Residual feed intake (
RFI
)
=
0.42
-0.14 (
1.01)
n/a
Cattle
Dry matter intake (
DMI
)
=
0.54
10.45 (
1.61)
n/a
Cattle
Body weight (
BW
)
=
0.50
535.83 (
60.26)
n/a
Cattle
Quality grade (
QUALG
)
=
0.30
2.49 (
0.66)
n/a
Cattle
Lean meat yield (
LMY
)
=
0.63
57.83 (
3.81)
n/a
Cattle
Metabolic body weight (
MBW
)
=
0.31
90.22 (
10.47)
n/a
Cattle
Partial efficiency of growth (
PEG
)
=
0.56
0.29 (
0.06)
n/a
17
records of
2,873
Cattle heritability records returned.
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