Animal Trait Correlation Database
Pig Trait Heritabilities
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37 heritability data on 29 traits returned.
Species
Trait (symbol)
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Heritability
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Mean (stdiv)
Variance
Reference
Pig
Marbling (
MARB
)
=
0.4
n/a
n/a
Pig
Off-flavor score (
OFFFLAV
)
=
0.05
n/a
n/a
Pig
Subcutaneous fat thickness (
SUBCFAT
)
=
0.25
n/a
n/a
Pig
Subcutaneous fat thickness (
SUBCFAT
)
=
0.23
n/a
n/a
Pig
Subcutaneous fat thickness (
SUBCFAT
)
=
0.45
n/a
n/a
Pig
Subcutaneous fat thickness (
SUBCFAT
)
=
0.41
n/a
n/a
Pig
Loin weight (
LOINWT
)
=
0.3
n/a
n/a
Pig
Ham weight (
HAMWT
)
=
0.5
n/a
n/a
Pig
Dressing percentage (
DRESS%
)
=
0.24
n/a
n/a
Pig
Muscle fat content (
MFCON
)
=
0.54
n/a
n/a
Pig
Drip loss (
DRIPL
)
=
0.27
n/a
n/a
Pig
Spareribs weight (
SPARERIB
)
=
0.38
n/a
n/a
Pig
Number of ribs (
NUMRIB
)
=
0.38
n/a
n/a
Pig
Firmness (
FIRM
)
=
0.13
n/a
n/a
Pig
Shear force (
SHEAR
)
=
0.26
n/a
n/a
Pig
Tenderness score (
TEND
)
=
0.28
n/a
n/a
Pig
Muscle moisture percentage (
MMP
)
=
0.39
n/a
n/a
Pig
Muscle protein percentage (
MPROT
)
=
0.39
n/a
n/a
Pig
Body weight (
BW
)
=
0.23
n/a
n/a
Pig
Juiciness score (
JUICE
)
=
0.07
n/a
n/a
Pig
Muscle pH (
MPH
)
=
0.09
n/a
n/a
Pig
Muscle pH (
MPH
)
=
0.18
n/a
n/a
Pig
Carcass temperature (
CARTEMP
)
=
0.07
n/a
n/a
Pig
Carcass temperature (
CARTEMP
)
=
0.15
n/a
n/a
Pig
Muscle pH decline (
PHDEC
)
=
0.06
n/a
n/a
Pig
Meat color (
MCOL
)
=
0.36
n/a
n/a
Pig
Meat color (
MCOL
)
=
0.63
n/a
n/a
Pig
Meat color (
MCOL
)
=
0.2
n/a
n/a
Pig
Meat color (
MCOL
)
=
0.26
n/a
n/a
Pig
Belly weight (
BELLYWT
)
=
0.19
n/a
n/a
Pig
Carcass length (
CRCL
)
=
0.48
n/a
n/a
Pig
Carcass weight (hot) (
HCWT
)
=
0.16
n/a
n/a
Pig
Cooking yield (
COOKY
)
=
0.3
n/a
n/a
Pig
Shoulder weight, picnic (
PICWT
)
=
0.15
n/a
n/a
Pig
Shoulder weight, Boston (
BOSTWT
)
=
0.24
n/a
n/a
Pig
Connective tissue amount (
CONNTISS
)
=
0.1
n/a
n/a
Pig
Longissimus muscle area (
LMA
)
=
0.59
n/a
n/a
37
records of
2,081
Pig heritability records returned.
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