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Table 5 Average coefficients of determination (CD) of contrasts per herd for the lowly heritable trait (h2 = 0.10) in multiple trait evaluations

From: Connectedness among herds of beef cattle bred under natural service

Model1

Average CD

% CD over 0.4

h 2

r g

r e

Mean

STD 2

Minimum

Maximum

 

ST

  

0.310

0.079

0.144

0.512

25.54

0.25

-0.25

-0.25

0.310

0.079

0.160

0.489

22.94

0.25

-0.25

0

0.319

0.078

0.176

0.506

24.59

0.40

-0.5

-0.5

0.325

0.078

0.157

0.498

26.60

0.40

-0.5

0

0.354

0.077

0.195

0.541

34.03

  1. 1 Trait evaluated jointly with another trait with heritability (h2) and genetic correlation (rg) and residual correlation (re) except in the single trait evaluation (ST)
  2. 2 STD: standard deviation