Animal Trait Correlation Database

 Sheep Trait Details

Meat color (MCOL)
Trait ID :7408
Mean :
Standard deviation :n/a
Heritability :0.18
Variance : 
Genetic variance on mother side : 
Genetic variance on father side : 
Permanent environmental variance : 
Temporary environmental variance : 

Reference

Greeff J C, Safari E, Fogarty N M, Hopkins D L, Brien F D, Atkins K D, Mortimer S I, van der Werf J H J, (2008)

Genetic parameters for carcass and meat quality traits and their relationships to liveweight and wool production in hogget Merino rams

Journal of Animal Breeding And Genetics, 125 (3): 205-15

Additional information about the trait :

Description :Assessment of the aspect of meat appearance that can be described in terms of hue, brightness, and saturation
Measurement :varies

Annotated data to this trait:

 16 QTL/SNP associations are found on this trait 246 correlartion records are linked with this trait 9 heritability measurements are reported on this trait
 

 

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