Animal Trait Correlation Database

Sheep Trait Heritabilities

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15 heritability data on 15 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 Sheep Meat myristic acid content (FA-C14:0) = 0.44 2.21 (0.752) 0.24 Sheep Meat palmitic acid content (FA-C16:0) = 0.25 22.17 (1.949) 3.79 Sheep Meat stearic acid content (FA-C18:0) = 0.30 20.29 (3.342) 8.81 Sheep Meat palmitoleic acid content (FA-C16:1) = 0.30 1.54 (0.245) 0.048 Sheep Meat oleic acid content (FA-C18:1) = 0.28 36.04 (3.04) 8.00 Sheep Meat linoleic acid content (FA-C18:2) = 0.27 3.99 (1.151) 1.20 Sheep Meat linolenic acid content (FA-C18:3) = 0.46 0.30 (0.150) 0.013 Sheep Meat conjugated linoleic acid content (MCLA) = 0.34 0.43 (0.184) 0.015 Sheep Meat polyunsaturated fatty acid content (PUFA) = 0.28 6.55 (1.927) 3.25 Sheep Meat saturated fatty acid content (SFA) = 0.32 46.92 (4.399) 13.89 Sheep Meat monounsaturated fatty acid content (MUFA) = 0.31 45.17 (3.919) 11.56 Sheep Meat omega-3 fatty acid content (FA-N3) = 0.37 0.89 (0.532) 0.15 Sheep Meat omega-6 fatty acid content (OM6FA) = 0.27 5.23 (1.618) 2.41 Sheep Meat omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acid ratio (N6N3R) = 0.33 7.62 (5.33) 19.75 Sheep Meat polyunsaturated fatty acid to saturated fatty acid ratio (PSR) = 0.28 0.14 (0.049) 0.0021 15 records of 1,016 sheep 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