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Table 1 Summary statistics of numbers of sires used per breed, average number of progenies per sire, minimum number of progenies per sire and maximum number of progenies per sire

From: Estimating the heritability of nitrogen and carbon isotopes in the tail hair of beef cattle

Breed

Number sires

Average number progeny

Minimum number progeny

Maximum number progeny

Brahman

28

9.6

1

25

Droughtmaster

23

9.9

1

33