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Table 1 Number of genotyped animals and number of phenotypes, and mean, standard deviation (SD) and heritability estimates (h 2 ) of each trait for animals with a full set of records 1

From: Non-additive genetic variation in growth, carcass and fertility traits of beef cattle

Trait 2

Nb 3

Total

Mean

SD

h 2

Trait name

PW_hip

6359

10515

119.0

7.9

0.53

Hip height measured post weaning (cm)

X_hip

2037

4730

138.8

7.7

0.45

HH measured at feedlot exit (cm)

HUMP

1132

2099

140.4

37.1

0.29

Hump height as assessed by MSA grader (mm)

PW_lwt

9884

16079

230.9

53.4

0.45

Live weight measured post weaning (kg)

X_lwt

5992

11599

497.9

97.9

0.42

Live weight measured at feedlot exit (kg)

RFI

4026

4837

−1.5

2.1

0.36

Residual feed intake (kg)

PWIGF

918

1678

262.2

147.4

0.25

IGF-I concentration measured post weaning (ng/ml)

CP8

5727

11061

11.3

5.0

0.35

Fat depth at P8 site (mm)

CRIB

5464

10690

7.4

4.1

0.31

Fat depth at rib site (mm)

CIMF

5824

11200

3.4

1.9

0.40

Intra-muscular fat (%)

CRBY

2684

3639

66.9

3.4

0.47

Carcass retail beef yield (%)

LLPF

5358

10327

4.5

1.0

0.25

Peak force measured in longissimus dorsi muscle (kg)

SC12

1112

1112

21.2

2.7

0.62

Scrotal circumference measured at ages of 12 months (cm)

PNS24

964

964

73.6

22.1

0.23

Percentage of normal sperm at the age of 24 months (%)

AGECL

2045

2057

698.7

140.4

0.52

Age at first detected corpus luteum (days)

PPAI

1448

1455

158.2

110.8

0.49

Post partum anoestrus interval (days)

  1. 1This summary statistics for the above traits can be found in Bolormaa et al. [15,16]; 2trait abbreviation; 3number of genotyped animals.