Animal Trait Correlation Database

Cattle Trait Heritabilities

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13 heritability data on 13 traits returned. Species Trait (symbol) (Click for details, linking to QTL/ associations/ correlations/ VT/ LPT/ etc) Heritability (Click for more reports on the same trait)  Mean (stdiv)  Variance Reference Cattle Carcass weight (CWT) = 0.41 366 (1.8) 683.82 Cattle Dressing percentage (DRESSPERC) = 0.46 61.0 (0.08) 1.88 Cattle Marbling score (MARBL) = 0.59 536.2 (4.1) 4261.48 Cattle Subcutaneous fat thickness (SUBFAT) = 0.86 1.10 (0.029) 0.185 Cattle Tenderness score (TEND) = 0.39 5.59 (0.05) 0.578 Cattle Yield grade (YGRADE) = 0.88 2.91 (0.05) 0.449 Cattle Retail product yield (YIELD) = 0.54 61.9 (0.18) 8.64 Cattle Kidney, pelvic, and heart fat percentage (KPHCWT) = 0.23 2.29 (0.03) 0.3025 Cattle Longissimus muscle area (LMA) = 0.67 84.8 (0.5) 57.15 Cattle Juiciness (JUICE) = 0.32 5.29 (0.02) 0.09 Cattle Beef flavor intensity (BEEFFLAV) = 0.26 4.89 (0.02) 0.09 Cattle Shear force (SF) = 0.20 4.25 (0.04) 0.608 Cattle Body weight (BW) = 0.48 600 (3.0) 1849.86 13 records of 2,873 cattle heritability records returned. To explore further: use the Filter tool box on top right of the page to explore more. browse the list of traits for what you look for.   © 2003-2025: USA · USDA · NRPSP8 · Program to Accelerate Animal Genomics Applications. Contact: Bioinformatics Team