Animal Trait Correlation Database

 Sheep Trait Details

Body height (HEIGHT)
Trait ID :3293
Mean :
Standard deviation :n/a
Heritability :0.31
Variance :35.99
Genetic variance on mother side :4.82
Genetic variance on father side : 
Permanent environmental variance : 
Temporary environmental variance : 

Reference

Illa SK, Gollamoori G, Nath S, (2024)

Evaluation of models for estimation of genetic parameters for post-weaning body measurements and their association with yearling weight in Nellore sheep

Animal Bioscience, 37(3): 419-427

Additional information about the trait :

Description :Distance from the ground to a point on the topline
Measurement :height
Measure unit :cm
Link to Vertibrate Trait ontology :Accession: VT:0001253
Link to Clinical Measurement Ontology :Accession: CMO:0000106

Annotated data to this trait:

 74 QTL/SNP associations are found on this trait 227 correlartion records are linked with this trait 10 heritability measurements are reported on this trait
 

 

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