Animal Trait Correlation Database
Sheep Trait Heritabilities
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13 heritability data on 11 traits returned.
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Trait (symbol)
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Heritability
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Mean (stdiv)
Variance
Reference
Sheep
Milk yield (
MY
)
=
0.17
1.71 (
0.02)
n/a
Sheep
Milk protein percentage (
PP
)
=
0.30
5.42 (
0.02)
n/a
Sheep
Milk fat percentage (
MF
)
=
0.42
6.32 (
0.05)
n/a
Sheep
Somatic cell count (
SCC
)
=
0.22
2.34 (
0.02)
n/a
Sheep
Rennet coagulation time (
RCT
)
=
0.22
17.47 (
0.22)
n/a
Sheep
Curd firming time (
TCURDF
)
=
0.15
39.06 (
0.44)
n/a
Sheep
Curd firming time (
TCURDF
)
=
0.26
0.40 (
0.01)
n/a
Sheep
Curd firmness (
CURDF
)
=
0.16
36.81 (
0.42)
n/a
Sheep
Curd firmness (
CURDF
)
=
0.14
43.98 (
0.29)
n/a
Sheep
Milk solids percentage (
MSOLP
)
=
0.34
17.37 (
0.06)
n/a
Sheep
Cheese yield (
CHYLD
)
=
0.15
2.67 (
0.02)
n/a
Sheep
Dried curd yield (
DCDYD
)
=
0.08
1.12 (
0.01)
n/a
Sheep
Milk acidity/alkalinity (
MACALK
)
=
0.34
6.56 (
0.00)
n/a
13
records of
1,048
Sheep heritability records returned.
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