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Summary:
There are 44 heritability data found on "Carcass weight" trait.

n: 44

Median: 0.330 Mean: 0.345

Min-Max range: 0.110 - 0.660 STD: 0.140

Interquartile range: 0.230 - 0.420 95% CI: 0.304 - 0.386

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.51

Mean 428.20

Standard deviation 46.30

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

Reference:
Bhuiyan M S A et al., (2017)
Estimates of genetic parameters for fatty acid compositions in the. . .
Animal : An International Journal of Animal Bioscience,

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.26

Mean 332.67

Standard deviation 32.36

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

Reference:
Mateescu RG et al., (2017)
Network Analysis Reveals Putative Genes Affecting Meat Quality in. . .
Frontiers In Genetics, 8: 171

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.60

Mean 344.9

Standard deviation 38.4

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

Reference:
Pariacote et al., (1998)
Genetic and phenotypic parameters for carcass traits of American. . .
Journal of Animal Science, 76 (10): 2584-8

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.55

Mean 283.39

Standard deviation 37.82

Variance 471.98

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:
Riley et al., (2002)
Estimated genetic parameters for carcass traits of Brahman cattle.
Journal of Animal Science, 80 (4): 955-62

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.31

Mean n/a

Standard deviation n/a

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

Reference:
Wilson et al., (1993)
Genetic parameters for carcass traits estimated from Angus field. . .
Journal of Animal Science, 71 (9): 2365-70

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.38

Mean 275

Standard deviation 40

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

Reference:
Veseth et al., (1993)
Paternal half-sib heritabilities and genetic, environmental, and. . .
Journal of Animal Science, 71 (7): 1730-6

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.27

Mean n/a

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 825.11

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:
Ríos-Utrera et al., (2005)
Genetic analysis of carcass traits of steers adjusted to age, weight,
Journal of Animal Science, 83 (4): 764-76

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.41

Mean n/a

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 857.76

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:
Ríos-Utrera et al., (2005)
Genetic analysis of carcass traits of steers adjusted to age, weight,
Journal of Animal Science, 83 (4): 764-76

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.57

Mean 336.45

Standard deviation 36.89

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

Reference:
Smith et al., (2007)
Genetic parameters for growth and carcass traits of Brahman steers.
Journal of Animal Science, 85 (6): 1377-84

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.17

Mean 358

Standard deviation 1.5

Variance 722.53

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:
Wheeler et al., (2004)
Characterization of biological types of cattle (Cycle VI): carcass,. . .
Journal of Animal Science, 82 (4): 1177-89

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.41

Mean 366

Standard deviation 1.8

Variance 683.82

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:
Wheeler et al., (2005)
Characterization of biological types of cattle (Cycle VII): Carcass,. . .
Journal of Animal Science, 83 (1): 196-207

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.23

Mean 334

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 812.25

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:
Gregory et al., (1995)
Genetic and phenotypic (co)variances for growth and carcass traits of
Journal of Animal Science, 73 (7): 1920-6

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.20

Mean 331

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 761.76

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:
Gregory et al., (1995)
Genetic and phenotypic (co)variances for growth and carcass traits of
Journal of Animal Science, 73 (7): 1920-6

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.34

Mean 340

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 948.64

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:
Gregory et al., (1995)
Genetic and phenotypic (co)variances for growth and carcass traits of
Journal of Animal Science, 73 (7): 1920-6

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.27

Mean 360.31

Standard deviation 54.10

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

Reference:
Lu D et al., (2013)
Genome-wide association analyses for carcass quality in crossbred. . .
BMC Genetics, 14: 80

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.31

Mean 341.01

Standard deviation 45.26

Variance 1015.23

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:
Predictive performance of genomic selection methods for carcass traits in Hanwoo beef cattle: impacts of the genetic architecture, (2017)
Predictive performance of genomic selection methods for carcass. . .
Genetics, Selection, Evolution : GSE, 49 (1): 1

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.33

Mean 360.18

Standard deviation 39.85

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

Reference:
Predictive performance of genomic selection methods for carcass traits in Hanwoo beef cattle: impacts of the genetic architecture, (2017)
Predictive performance of genomic selection methods for carcass. . .
Genetics, Selection, Evolution : GSE, 49 (1): 1

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.30

Mean 360.18

Standard deviation 39.85

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

Reference:
Predictive performance of genomic selection methods for carcass traits in Hanwoo beef cattle: impacts of the genetic architecture, (2017)
Predictive performance of genomic selection methods for carcass. . .
Genetics, Selection, Evolution : GSE, 49 (1): 1

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.30

Mean 360.18

Standard deviation 39.85

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

Reference:
Predictive performance of genomic selection methods for carcass traits in Hanwoo beef cattle: impacts of the genetic architecture, (2017)
Predictive performance of genomic selection methods for carcass. . .
Genetics, Selection, Evolution : GSE, 49 (1): 1

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.11

Mean 292.40

Standard deviation n/a

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

Reference:
Carvalho ME et al., (2019)
Genomic regions and genes associated with carcass quality in Nelore. . .
Genet Mol Res, 18(1): gmr18226

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.38

Mean 271.3

Standard deviation 45.63

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

Reference:
Chang T et al., (2019)
A Fast and Powerful Empirical Bayes Method for Genome-Wide. . .
Animals, 9 (6):

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.443

Mean 438.03

Standard deviation 45.40

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

Reference:
Pegolo S et al., (2019)
Genome-wide association and pathway analysis of carcass and meat. . .
Animal : An International Journal of Animal Bioscience,

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.40

Mean 337.26

Standard deviation 35.42

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

Reference:
Wang Y et al., (2020)
Genetic architecture of quantitative traits in beef cattle revealed. . .
BMC Genomics, 21 (1): 38

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.49

Mean 337.26

Standard deviation 35.42

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

Reference:
Wang Y et al., (2020)
Genetic architecture of quantitative traits in beef cattle revealed. . .
BMC Genomics, 21 (1): 38

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.25

Mean 441.22

Standard deviation 52.7

Variance 1962.58

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:
Srikanth K et al., (2020)
A Gene-Set Enrichment and Protein-Protein Interaction Network-Based. . .
Genes, 11 (3):E316

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.25

Mean 425.50

Standard deviation 59.84

Variance 2272.5

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:
de Las Heras-Saldana S et al., (2020)
Use of gene expression and whole-genome sequence information to. . .
Genetics, Selection, Evolution : GSE, 52(1): 54

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.17

Mean 290.8

Standard deviation 46.3

Variance 694.6

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:
Hickey J M et al., (2007)
Genetic parameters for EUROP carcass traits within different groups. . .
Journal of Animal Science, 85 (2): 314-21

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.17

Mean 318.0

Standard deviation 54.9

Variance 718.7

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:
Hickey J M et al., (2007)
Genetic parameters for EUROP carcass traits within different groups. . .
Journal of Animal Science, 85 (2): 314-21

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.65

Mean 322.7

Standard deviation 48.1

Variance 978.7

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:
Hickey J M et al., (2007)
Genetic parameters for EUROP carcass traits within different groups. . .
Journal of Animal Science, 85 (2): 314-21

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.18

Mean 293.1

Standard deviation 46.1

Variance 641.8

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:
Hickey J M et al., (2007)
Genetic parameters for EUROP carcass traits within different groups. . .
Journal of Animal Science, 85 (2): 314-21

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.18

Mean 309.2

Standard deviation 45.1

Variance 847.7

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:
Hickey J M et al., (2007)
Genetic parameters for EUROP carcass traits within different groups. . .
Journal of Animal Science, 85 (2): 314-21

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.20

Mean 306.4

Standard deviation 48.5

Variance 767.6

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:
Hickey J M et al., (2007)
Genetic parameters for EUROP carcass traits within different groups. . .
Journal of Animal Science, 85 (2): 314-21

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.54

Mean 306.4

Standard deviation 48.9

Variance 769.5

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:
Hickey J M et al., (2007)
Genetic parameters for EUROP carcass traits within different groups. . .
Journal of Animal Science, 85 (2): 314-21

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.38

Mean 343.96

Standard deviation 45.61

Variance 1253.40

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:
Mehrban H et al., (2020)
Genetic parameters and correlations of related feed efficiency,. . .
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences,

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.33

Mean n/a

Standard deviation n/a

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

Reference:
Reynolds et al., (1991)
Genetic parameters by son-sire covariances for growth and carcass. . .
Journal of Animal Science, 69 (3): 1000-7

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.42

Mean 1024.63

Standard deviation 32.01

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 Heritability variance: 0.04

Reference:
Naserkheil et al., (2021)
Estimation of Genetic Parameters and Correlation between Yearling. . .
Animals (Basel), 11(5): 1425

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.23

Mean 332.55

Standard deviation 32.68

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

Reference:
Mir Asif Iquebal et al., (2023)
Genome-Wide Association Studies and Genetic Parameters for Growth and
BMC Genomics,

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.22

Mean n/a

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 1773.80

Genetic variance on mother side 0.08

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance 160.83

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Mir Asif Iquebal et al., (2023)
Genome-Wide Association Studies and Genetic Parameters for Growth and
BMC Genomics,

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.39

Mean n/a

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 228.50

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 "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.21

Mean n/a

Standard deviation n/a

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

Reference:
Gordo DGM et al., (2018)
Genetic analysis of carcass and meat quality traits in Nelore. . .
Journal of Animal Science, 96(9): 3558-3564

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.33

Mean 312.32

Standard deviation 31.88

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

Reference:
Nkrumah J D et al., (2007)
Genetic and phenotypic relationships of feed intake and measures of. . .
Journal of Animal Science, 85(10): 2711-20

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.42

Mean n/a

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 1606.00

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:
Alam MZ et al., (2023)
Genome-Wide Association Study to Identify QTL for Carcass Traits in. . .
Animals : An Open Access Journal From MDPI, 13(17):2737

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.47

Mean n/a

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 925.11

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:
Alam MZ et al., (2023)
Genome-Wide Association Study to Identify QTL for Carcass Traits in. . .
Animals : An Open Access Journal From MDPI, 13(17):2737

Heritability of "Carcass weight" (CWT)

= 0.66

Mean 458.08

Standard deviation 36.53

Variance 1125.10

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:
Torres-Vázquez JA et al., (2018)
Genetic and phenotypic associations of feed efficiency with growth. . .
Journal of Animal Science, 96 (11): 4521-4531

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