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Summary:
There are 5 heritability data found on "Body weight gain" trait.

n: 5

Median: 0.210 Mean: 0.224

Min-Max range: 0.120 - 0.370 STD: 0.090

Interquartile range: 0.210 - 0.210 95% CI: 0.145 - 0.303

Heritability of "Body weight gain" (BWG)

= 0.21

Mean 102.47

Standard deviation 26.28

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 Post-weaning

Reference:
Eler J P et al., (2014)
Genetic relationships among traits related to reproduction and growth
Theriogenology, 82 (5): 708-14

Heritability of "Body weight gain" (BWG)

= 0.12

Mean n/a

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 0.00167

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:
Tonussi RL et al., (2015)
Genetic association of growth traits with carcass and meat traits in. . .
Genetics And Molecular Research : GMR, 14 (4): 18713-9

Heritability of "Body weight gain" (BWG)

= 0.21

Mean 116.29

Standard deviation 34.03

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 post-weaning

Reference:
Santana M L et al., (2013)
Genetic associations among average annual productivity, growth traits,
Journal of Animal Science, 91 (6): 2566-74

Heritability of "Body weight gain" (BWG)

= 0.21

Mean 82.74

Standard deviation 45.98

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 Post-weaning

Reference:
Santana M L et al., (2013)
Genetic associations among average annual productivity, growth traits,
Journal of Animal Science, 91 (6): 2566-74

Heritability of "Body weight gain" (BWG)

= 0.37

Mean 165

Standard deviation 62

Variance 3002

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:
Davis ME et al., (2024)
Heritability and Correlation Estimates for Serum Insulin-like Growth. . .
Animals : An Open Access Journal From MDPI, 14(23):3548

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