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Animal Trait Correlation Database

Sheep Trait Heritabilities

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Summary:
There are 8 heritability data found on "Body length" trait.

n: 8

Median: 0.115 Mean: 0.116

Min-Max range: 0.020 - 0.240 STD: 0.088

Interquartile range: 0.043 - 0.158 95% CI: 0.055 - 0.177

Heritability of "Body length" (BODYL)

= 0.13

Mean n/a (cm)

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 25.96

Genetic variance on mother side 1.69

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Illa SK et al., (2024)
Evaluation of models for estimation of genetic parameters for post-wea
Animal Bioscience, 37(3): 419-427

Heritability of "Body length" (BODYL)

= 0.02

Mean n/a (cm)

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 30.72

Genetic variance on mother side 0.00

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Illa SK et al., (2024)
Evaluation of models for estimation of genetic parameters for post-wea
Animal Bioscience, 37(3): 419-427

Heritability of "Body length" (BODYL)

= 0.24

Mean n/a (cm)

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 33.61

Genetic variance on mother side 0.24

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Illa SK et al., (2024)
Evaluation of models for estimation of genetic parameters for post-wea
Animal Bioscience, 37(3): 419-427

Heritability of "Body length" (BODYL)

= 0.05

Mean n/a (cm)

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:
Qin Q et al., (2024)
Estimation of the genetic parameters of sheep growth traits based on. . .
Animal : An International Journal of Animal Bioscience, 18(7): 101196

Heritability of "Body length" (BODYL)

= 0.1

Mean n/a (cm)

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:
Qin Q et al., (2024)
Estimation of the genetic parameters of sheep growth traits based on. . .
Animal : An International Journal of Animal Bioscience, 18(7): 101196

Heritability of "Body length" (BODYL)

= 0.13

Mean n/a (cm)

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 25.96

Genetic variance on mother side 1.69

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Illa SK et al., (2020)
Evaluation of models for estimation of genetic parameters for post-wea
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences,

Heritability of "Body length" (BODYL)

= 0.24

Mean n/a (cm)

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 33.61

Genetic variance on mother side 0.24

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Illa SK et al., (2020)
Evaluation of models for estimation of genetic parameters for post-wea
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences,

Heritability of "Body length" (BODYL)

= 0.02

Mean n/a (cm)

Standard deviation n/a

Variance 30.72

Genetic variance on mother side 0.00

Genetic variance on father side n/a

Permanent environmental variance n/a

Temperary environmental variance n/a

Comments

Reference:
Illa SK et al., (2020)
Evaluation of models for estimation of genetic parameters for post-wea
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences,

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