Animal Trait Correlation Database

 Cattle Trait Details

Milk butyric acid content (MFA-C4:0)
Trait ID :1593
Mean : 3.51 (%, g/dL)
Standard deviation : 0.27
Heritability :0.47
Variance : 
Genetic variance on mother side : 
Genetic variance on father side : 
Permanent environmental variance : 
Temporary environmental variance : 

Reference

Duchemin S I, Bovenhuis H, Megens H-J, Van Arendonk J A M, Visker M H P W, (2017)

Fine-mapping of BTA17 using imputed sequences for associations with de novo synthesized fatty acids in bovine milk

Journal of Dairy Science, 100 (11): 9125-9135

Additional information about the trait :

Custom name :Milk fatty acid C4:0 content
Description :Amount in milk of this saturated fatty acid with a four-carbon backbone
Measurement :weight
Measure unit :%, g/dL
Link to Vertibrate Trait ontology :Accession: VT:0010306

Annotated data to this trait:

 883 QTL/SNP associations are found on this trait 38 correlartion records are linked with this trait 7 heritability measurements are reported on this trait
 

 

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