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Table 1 Summary statistics and heritabilities ( h 2 ) for the phenotypic traits analysed for the two data sets (CRC and SG)

From: Accuracy of pedigree and genomic predictions of carcass and novel meat quality traits in multi-breed sheep data assessed by cross-validation

 

CRC

SG

Total

 

Trait, units

Mean

SD

N

Mean

SD

N

N

h 2

EMD, mm

29.9

3.8

5117

24.7

3.4

2119

7236

0.25

FAT, mm

4.0

2.3

4973

2.7

8.5

2100

7073

0.40

HCWT, kg

22.7

3.6

5170

18.3

2.7

2127

7297

0.59

DRESS, %

45.4

3.6

4974

43.7

3.0

2111

7085

0.34

LMY, %

58.0

3.1

5964

36.6

1.9

2111

8075

0.32

IMF, %

4.2

1.0

4644

3.4

1.5

683

5327

0.49

IRON, mg/kg

20.1

3.7

4618

-

-

-

4618

0.29

DPA, mg/100g

48.3

15.9

3109

-

-

-

3109

0.24

EPA, mg/100g

23.6

9.3

3107

-

-

-

3107

0.26

  1. Heritability (h2) estimated in this dataset, CRC is Sheep CRC dataset, SG is SheepGenomics dataset.
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