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Table 2 Genetic parameters for the three traits in Blonde d’Aquitaine and Limousin cattle

From: Insights into the genetic variation of maternal behavior and suckling performance of continental beef cows

 

Blonde d’Aquitaine

Limousin

Trait

US

MB

MY

US

MB

MY

US

0.470 (0.099)

0.312 (0.240)

0.572 (0.151)

0.640 (0.121)

0.790 (0.228)

0.994 (0.072)

MB

0.042

0.135 (0.067)

0.584 (0.244)

0.194

0.108 (0.068)

0.720 (0.260)

MY

0.281

0.163

0.331 (0.092)

0.305

0.161

0.455 (0.113)

  1. Heritabilities are underlined on the diagonal, genetic correlations are above the diagonal with standard errors in brackets, phenotypic correlations are in italics below the diagonal (standard errors ranging from 0.03 to 0.04)
  2. MB maternal behavior, US udder score, MY milk yield
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