Genetics Selection Evolution

Table 7 Heritabilities across environments with the reaction norm model

From: Modelling and estimation of genotype by environment interactions for production traits in French dairy cattle

		Holstein						Normande
	Dataset	Paragon			Diversity			Paragon			Diversity
Trait	Model	Min	Mean	Max	Min	Mean	Max	Min	Mean	Max	Min	Mean	Max
Milk yield	R N ₂	0.26	0.43	0.55	0.12	0.42	0.66	0.28	0.43	0.52	0.17	0.40	0.53
Fat yield	R N ₂	0.28	0.42	0.52	0.15	0.40	0.63	0.27	0.39	0.47	0.14	0.37	0.50
Protein yield	R N ₂	0.80	0.35	0.49	0.07	0.36	0.64	0.24	0.39	0.48	0.12	0.36	0.52
Fat content	R N ₁	0.79	0.79	0.79	0.76	0.76	0.77	0.67	0.69	0.70	0.68	0.69	0.71
Protein content	R N ₁	0.65	0.66	0.67	0.63	0.64	0.66	0.65	0.66	0.67	0.64	0.65	0.66

Minimum, mean and maximum of heritabilities across environments are given for each production trait by breed and dataset.

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