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. 2024 Jul 31;66(4):682–701. doi: 10.5187/jast.2023.e75

Table 3. Estimates of heritability, additive genetic variance, residual variance, phenotypic variance, and coefficient of genetic variance for reproductive and carcass traits in Hanwoo cows.

Traits h2 σa2 σe2 σp2 CVg (%)
CI 0.10 (0.05)1) 280.41 (143.80) 2,616.93 (170.65) 2,902.65 (127.75) 4.42
AFC 0.13 (0.05) 697.16 (275.85) 4,689.72 (311.90) 5,383.78 (236.91) 3.56
GL 0.17 (0.06) 7.54 (2.58) 37.51 (2.72) 45.44 (2.05) 0.96
NAIPC 0.11 (0.04) 0.04 (0.02) 0.37 (0.02) 0.41 (0.02) 15.50
CWT 0.37 (0.07) 918.70 (185.23) 1,546.92 (152.21) 2,491.93 (118.34) 8.09
EMA 0.35 (0.07) 56.87 (12.19) 105.91 (10.20) 163.64 (7.68) 8.59
BF 0.27 (0.06) 9.08 (2.28) 24.08 (2.06) 33.33 (1.54) 22.34
MS 0.45 (0.07) 1.66 (0.29) 2.07 (0.22) 3.74 (0.18) 31.58
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The numbers in parentheses are standard errors.

h2, heritability; σa2, genetic variance; σe2, residual variance; σp2, phenotypic variance; CVg, coefficient of genetic variance; CI, calving interval; AFC, age at first calving; GL, gestation length; NAIPC, number of artificial inseminations per conception; CWT, carcass weight; EMA, eye muscle area; BF, backfat thickness; MS, marbling score.