Animal Trait Correlation Database

Cattle Trait Heritabilities

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36 heritability data on 11 traits returned. Species Trait (symbol) (Click for details, linking to QTL/ associations/ correlations/ VT/ LPT/ etc) Heritability (Click for more reports on the same trait)  Mean (stdiv)  Variance Reference Cattle Carcass weight (CWT) = 0.23 332.55 (32.68) n/a Cattle Carcass weight (CWT) = 0.22 n/a   1773.80 Cattle Dressing percentage (DRESSPERC) = 0.30 60.74 (1.91) n/a Cattle Dressing percentage (DRESSPERC) = 0.16 n/a   3.06 Cattle Marbling score (MARBL) = 0.42 5.95 (1.05) n/a Cattle Marbling score (MARBL) = 0.53 n/a   0.87 Cattle Subcutaneous fat thickness (SUBFAT) = 0.35 1.24 (0.48) n/a Cattle Subcutaneous fat thickness (SUBFAT) = 0.34 n/a   0.05 Cattle Yield grade (YGRADE) = 0.41 2.90 (0.68) n/a Cattle Yield grade (YGRADE) = 0.30 n/a   0.28 Cattle Average daily gain (ADG) = 0.28 0.87 (0.17) n/a Cattle Average daily gain (ADG) = 0.28 n/a   0.76 Cattle Average daily gain (ADG) = 0.30 1.20 (0.35) n/a Cattle Average daily gain (ADG) = 0.18 n/a   0.12 Cattle Average daily gain (ADG) = 0.15 1.36 (0.41) n/a Cattle Average daily gain (ADG) = 0.19 n/a   0.42 Cattle Longissimus muscle area (LMA) = 0.10 81.23 (7.94) n/a Cattle Longissimus muscle area (LMA) = 0.22 n/a   2.57 Cattle Intramuscular fat (IMF) = 0.39 5.66 (2.22) n/a Cattle Intramuscular fat (IMF) = 0.42 n/a   3.32 Cattle Shear force (SF) = 0.26 1.60 (0.35) n/a Cattle Shear force (SF) = 0.24 n/a   0.17 Cattle Body weight (BW) = 0.25 38.07 (4.96) n/a Cattle Body weight (BW) = 0.17 n/a   48.19 Cattle Body weight (BW) = 0.32 536.78 (53.40) n/a Cattle Body weight (BW) = 0.29 n/a   4376.46 Cattle Body weight (BW) = 0.32 184.86 (42.97) n/a Cattle Body weight (BW) = 0.11 n/a   1349.25 Cattle Body weight (BW) = 0.33 431.51 (82.64) n/a Cattle Body weight (BW) = 0.28 n/a   3371.53 Cattle Body height (HEIGHT) = 0.21 103.12 (5.84) n/a Cattle Body height (HEIGHT) = 0.14 n/a   7.73 Cattle Body height (HEIGHT) = 0.32 123.29 (5.21) n/a Cattle Body height (HEIGHT) = 0.41 n/a   5.39 Cattle Body height (HEIGHT) = 0.42 127.94 (4.17) n/a Cattle Body height (HEIGHT) = 0.52 n/a   5.36 36 records of 2,873 Cattle heritability records returned. To explore further: use the Filter tool box on top right of the page to explore more. browse the list of traits for what you look for.   © 2003-2025: USA · USDA · NRPSP8 · Program to Accelerate Animal Genomics Applications. Contact: Bioinformatics Team