Animal Trait Correlation Database

 Sheep Trait Details

Subcutaneous fat thickness (SCFT)
Trait ID :3126
Mean : 3.3 (mm)
Standard deviation : 2.0
Heritability :0.29
Variance :2.58
Genetic variance on mother side : 
Genetic variance on father side : 
Permanent environmental variance : 
Temporary environmental variance : 

Reference

Mortimer S I, Hatcher S, Fogarty N M, van der Werf J H J, Brown D J, Swan A A, Jacob R H, Geesink G H, Hopkins D L, Edwards J E Hocking, Ponnampalam E N, Pearce K L, Pethick D W, (2017)

Genetic correlations between wool traits and carcass traits in Merino sheep

Journal of Animal Science, 95 (6): 2385-2398

Additional information about the trait :

Description :Thickness of the layer of fat beneath the skin
Measurement :depth
Measure unit :mm
Link to Vertibrate Trait ontology :Accession: VT:1000135

Annotated data to this trait:

 37 QTL/SNP associations are found on this trait 494 correlartion records are linked with this trait 13 heritability measurements are reported on this trait
 

 

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