Animal Traits Correlation Database

Animal Trait Correlation Database

Cattle Trait Details

Intramuscular fat (IMF)

Trait ID :	1103
Mean :	3.96 (n/a)
Standard deviation :	n/a
Heritability :	0.49
Variance :	1.19
Genetic variance on mother side :
Genetic variance on father side :
Permanent environmental variance :
Temporary environmental variance :

Gregory, KE; Cundiff, LV; Koch, RM, (1995)

Genetic and phenotypic (co)variances for growth and carcass traits of purebred and composite populations of beef cattle.

Journal of Animal Science, 73 (7): 1920-6


Custom name :	Ether-extractable fat
Description :	n/a
Measurement :	n/a
Measure unit :	n/a
Link to Vertibrate Trait ontology :	Accession: VT:0010044 "Intramuscular adipose amount"
Link to Clinical Measurement Ontology :	Accession: CMO:0000208 "Intramuscular fat morphological measurement"
Annotated data to this trait:	179 QTL/SNP associations are found on this trait 210 correlartion records are linked with this trait 22 heritability measurements are reported on this trait