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Sheep Trait Heritabilities

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Summary: There are 7 heritability data found on "Longissimus muscle depth" trait. n: 7 Median: 0.220 Mean: 0.223 Min-Max range: 0.120 - 0.410 STD: 0.095 Interquartile range: 0.170 - 0.235 95% CI: 0.153 - 0.293 Heritability of "Longissimus muscle depth" (LMD) = 0.12 Mean 27.4 Standard deviation 3.6 Variance 8.38 Genetic variance on mother side n/a Genetic variance on father side n/a Permanent environmental variance n/a Temperary environmental variance n/a Comments Reference: Mortimer S I et al., (2017) Genetic correlations between wool traits and carcass traits in Merino Journal of Animal Science, 95 (6): 2385-2398 Heritability of "Longissimus muscle depth" (LMD) = 0.20 Mean 23.83 Standard deviation 4.05 Variance 5.65 Genetic variance on mother side n/a Genetic variance on father side n/a Permanent environmental variance n/a Temperary environmental variance n/a Comments Reference: Mortimer S I et al., (2017) Genetic parameters for wool traits, live weight, and ultrasound. . . Journal of Animal Science, 95 (5): 1879-1891 Heritability of "Longissimus muscle depth" (LMD) = 0.22 Mean n/a Standard deviation n/a Variance n/a Genetic variance on mother side n/a Genetic variance on father side n/a Permanent environmental variance n/a Temperary environmental variance n/a Comments Reference: Greeff J C et al., (2008) Genetic parameters for carcass and meat quality traits and their. . . Journal of Animal Breeding And Genetics, 125 (3): 205-15 Heritability of "Longissimus muscle depth" (LMD) = 0.22 Mean n/a Standard deviation n/a Variance n/a Genetic variance on mother side n/a Genetic variance on father side n/a Permanent environmental variance n/a Temperary environmental variance n/a Comments Reference: Greeff J C et al., (2008) Genetic parameters for carcass and meat quality traits and their. . . Journal of Animal Breeding And Genetics, 125 (3): 205-15 Heritability of "Longissimus muscle depth" (LMD) = 0.25 Mean n/a Standard deviation n/a Variance n/a Genetic variance on mother side n/a Genetic variance on father side n/a Permanent environmental variance n/a Temperary environmental variance n/a Comments Reference: Knight MI et al., (2014) An independent validation association study of carcass quality, shear Meat Science, 96(2 Pt B):1025-1033 Heritability of "Longissimus muscle depth" (LMD) = 0.14 Mean 21.36 Standard deviation 3.76 Variance 6.23 Genetic variance on mother side n/a Genetic variance on father side n/a Permanent environmental variance n/a Temperary environmental variance n/a Comments Reference: Mortimer S I et al., (2017) Genetic parameters for wool traits, live weight, and ultrasound. . . Journal of Animal Science, 95 (5): 1879-1891 Heritability of "Longissimus muscle depth" (LMD) = 0.41 Mean 2.8 Standard deviation 0.2 Variance n/a Genetic variance on mother side n/a Genetic variance on father side n/a Permanent environmental variance n/a Temperary environmental variance n/a Comments Reference: Tortereau F et al., (2020) Genetic parameters for feed efficiency in Romane rams and responses. . . Animal : An International Journal of Animal Bioscience, 14 (4): 681-687 7 records of 1,016 sheep heritability records match your search. 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