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Summary:
There are 13 heritability data found on "Subcutaneous fat thickness" trait.

n: 13

Median: 0.230 Mean: 0.234

Min-Max range: 0.100 - 0.390 STD: 0.075

Interquartile range: 0.210 - 0.270 95% CI: 0.193 - 0.275

Heritability of "Subcutaneous fat thickness" (SCFT)

= 0.29

Mean 3.3 (mm)

Standard deviation 2.0

Variance 2.58

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:
Mortimer S I et al., (2017)
Genetic correlations between wool traits and carcass traits in Merino
Journal of Animal Science, 95 (6): 2385-2398

Heritability of "Subcutaneous fat thickness" (SCFT)

= 0.21

Mean 5.6 (mm)

Standard deviation 2.7

Variance 4.60

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:
Mortimer S I et al., (2017)
Genetic correlations between wool traits and carcass traits in Merino
Journal of Animal Science, 95 (6): 2385-2398

Heritability of "Subcutaneous fat thickness" (SCFT)

= 0.23

Mean 10.7 (mm)

Standard deviation 4.6

Variance 10.95

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:
Mortimer S I et al., (2017)
Genetic correlations between wool traits and carcass traits in Merino
Journal of Animal Science, 95 (6): 2385-2398

Heritability of "Subcutaneous fat thickness" (SCFT)

= 0.26

Mean 2.65 (mm)

Standard deviation 1.05

Variance 0.45

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:
Mortimer S I et al., (2017)
Genetic parameters for wool traits, live weight, and ultrasound. . .
Journal of Animal Science, 95 (5): 1879-1891

Heritability of "Subcutaneous fat thickness" (SCFT)

= 0.11

Mean 2.28 (mm)

Standard deviation 0.90

Variance 0.31

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:
Mortimer S I et al., (2017)
Genetic parameters for wool traits, live weight, and ultrasound. . .
Journal of Animal Science, 95 (5): 1879-1891

Heritability of "Subcutaneous fat thickness" (SCFT)

= 0.28

Mean n/a (mm)

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:
Greeff J C et al., (2008)
Genetic parameters for carcass and meat quality traits and their. . .
Journal of Animal Breeding And Genetics, 125 (3): 205-15

Heritability of "Subcutaneous fat thickness" (SCFT)

= 0.22

Mean 4.49 (mm)

Standard deviation 1.47

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 mm

Reference:
Stratz P et al., (2018)
Genetic parameter estimates and targeted association analyses of. . .
Journal of Animal Science, 96 (2): 398-406

Heritability of "Subcutaneous fat thickness" (SCFT)

= 0.39

Mean 7.3 (mm)

Standard deviation 0.9

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 mm

Reference:
Tortereau F et al., (2020)
Genetic parameters for feed efficiency in Romane rams and responses. . .
Animal : An International Journal of Animal Bioscience, 14 (4): 681-687

Heritability of "Subcutaneous fat thickness" (SCFT)

= 0.23

Mean n/a (mm)

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:
Knight MI et al., (2014)
An independent validation association study of carcass quality, shear
Meat Science, 96(2 Pt B):1025-1033

Heritability of "Subcutaneous fat thickness" (SCFT)

= 0.10

Mean n/a (mm)

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:
Zhao Y et al., (2022)
Estimation of genetic correlations of two key feed efficiency traits. . .
Animal Biotechnology,

Heritability of "Subcutaneous fat thickness" (SCFT)

= 0.20

Mean n/a (mm)

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:
Greeff J C et al., (2008)
Genetic parameters for carcass and meat quality traits and their. . .
Journal of Animal Breeding And Genetics, 125 (3): 205-15

Heritability of "Subcutaneous fat thickness" (SCFT)

= 0.25

Mean n/a (mm)

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:
Greeff J C et al., (2008)
Genetic parameters for carcass and meat quality traits and their. . .
Journal of Animal Breeding And Genetics, 125 (3): 205-15

Heritability of "Subcutaneous fat thickness" (SCFT)

= 0.27

Mean 2.6 (mm)

Standard deviation 0.93

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 mm

Reference:
Ramos Z et al., (2023)
Genetic and phenotypic relationships between ewe reproductive. . .
Journal of Animal Science, 101:skad071

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