Animal Trait Correlation Database

 Cattle Trait Details

Milk medium-chain fatty acid content (MMCFA)
Trait ID :1666
Mean : 1.136 (g/100 g, %)
Standard deviation : 0.127
Heritability :0.32
Variance : 
Genetic variance on mother side : 
Genetic variance on father side : 
Permanent environmental variance : 
Temporary environmental variance : 
Additional note :11-16 carbons

Reference

Narayana S G, Schenkel F S, Fleming A, Koeck A, Malchiodi F, Jamrozik J, Johnston J, Sargolzaei M, Miglior F, (2017)

Genetic analysis of groups of mid-infrared predicted fatty acids in milk

Journal of Dairy Science, 100 (6): 4731-4744

Additional information about the trait :

Description :Amount in milk of fatty acids with a chain length of between 6 and 12 carbon atoms
Measurement :weight
Measure unit :g/100 g, %
Link to Vertibrate Trait ontology :Accession: VT:0010303

Annotated data to this trait:

35 QTL/SNP associations are found on this trait 58 correlartion records are linked with this trait 9 heritability measurements are reported on this trait
 

 

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