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There are 14 heritability data found on "Milk lactose content" trait.

n: 14

Median: 0.417 Mean: 0.422

Min-Max range: 0.200 - 0.640 STD: 0.153

Interquartile range: 0.302 - 0.557 95% CI: 0.342 - 0.502

Heritability of "Milk lactose content" (MLC)

= 0.557

Mean 5.146

Standard deviation 0.130

Variance 0.0189

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:
Lopdell Thomas J et al., (2017)
DNA and RNA-sequence based GWAS highlights membrane-transport genes. . .
BMC Genomics, 18 (1): 968

Heritability of "Milk lactose content" (MLC)

= 0.450

Mean 5.152

Standard deviation 0.124

Variance 0.0156

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:
Lopdell Thomas J et al., (2017)
DNA and RNA-sequence based GWAS highlights membrane-transport genes. . .
BMC Genomics, 18 (1): 968

Heritability of "Milk lactose content" (MLC)

= 0.557

Mean 5.135

Standard deviation 0.134

Variance 0.0189

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:
Lopdell Thomas J et al., (2017)
DNA and RNA-sequence based GWAS highlights membrane-transport genes. . .
BMC Genomics, 18 (1): 968

Heritability of "Milk lactose content" (MLC)

= 0.64

Mean 4.63

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 0.02

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:
Stoop et al., (2007)
Genetic parameters for milk urea nitrogen in relation to milk. . .
Journal of Dairy Science, 90 (4): 1981-6

Heritability of "Milk lactose content" (MLC)

= 0.43

Mean 4.76

Standard deviation 0.17

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:
Costa A et al., (2018)
Heritability and repeatability of milk lactose and its relationships. . .
Animal : An International Journal of Animal Bioscience,

Heritability of "Milk lactose content" (MLC)

= 0.64

Mean 5.09

Standard deviation 0.15

Variance 0.019

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance 0

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments %

Reference:
Sneddon NW et al., (2012)
Genetic parameters for lactose and its relationship with. . .
Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production, 72:76-80

Heritability of "Milk lactose content" (MLC)

= 0.566

Mean 4.83

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 0.01397

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:
Costa et al., (2019)
Genetic associations of lactose and its ratios to other milk solids. . .
Journal of Dairy Science,

Heritability of "Milk lactose content" (MLC)

= 0.38

Mean 4.86

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:
Costa A et al., (2019)
On the genomic regions associated with milk lactose in Fleckvieh. . .
Journal of Dairy Science,

Heritability of "Milk lactose content" (MLC)

= 0.30

Mean n/a

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 0.044

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance 0.007

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Petrini J et al., (2016)
Genetic Parameters for Milk Fatty Acids, Milk Yield and Quality. . .
J Anim Breed Genet, 133(5):384-95

Heritability of "Milk lactose content" (MLC)

= 0.31

Mean n/a

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 0.044

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance 0.006

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Petrini J et al., (2016)
Genetic Parameters for Milk Fatty Acids, Milk Yield and Quality. . .
J Anim Breed Genet, 133(5):384-95

Heritability of "Milk lactose content" (MLC)

= 0.21

Mean 4.76

Standard deviation 0.24

Variance n/a

Genetic variance on mother side n/a

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance 0.01052

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments %

Reference:
Bobbo T et al., (2020)
Genetic Parameters of Bovine Milk Fatty Acid Profile, Yield,. . .
Animals : An Open Access Journal From MDPI, 10(12):2406

Heritability of "Milk lactose content" (MLC)

= 0.405

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:
Costa A et al., (2019)
Genetic relationships of lactose and freezing point with minerals and
Journal of Dairy Science, 102 (8): 7217-7225

Heritability of "Milk lactose content" (MLC)

= 0.26

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:
Duchemin SI et al., (2020)
Genetic parameters for noncoagulating milk, milk coagulation. . .
Journal of Dairy Science, 103 (9): 8330-8342

Heritability of "Milk lactose content" (MLC)

= 0.20

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 0.001

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Velayudhan SM et al., (2023)
Unraveling the Genomic Association for Milk Production Traits and. . .
Biology, 12(12):1483

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