Table 2.

Heritability estimates for selected cashmere fibre traits (fleece and down).

Trait 1	Heritability (±SE) 2	Reference
GDW	0.28	[14]
	0.30	[15]
	0.12 ± 0.12	[16]
CDW	0.62 ± 0.15	[17]
	0.61 ± 0.16	[18]
	0.61 ± 0.21	[19]
	0.57 ± 0.19	[20]
Yield	0.57 ± 0.15	[17]
	0.90 ± 0.23	[18]
	0.57 ± 0.20	[19]
	0.64 ± 0.21	[20]
MFD (whole fleece)	0.99 ± 0.19	[17]
	0.47 ± 0.15	[18]
	0.39 ± 0.16	[19]
	0.82 ± 0.23	[20]
SL (whole fleece)	0.29	[15]
	0.32	[21]

¹ GDW—greasy down weight; CDW—clean down weight; Yield—down yield; MFD—mean fibre diameter; SL—staple length. ² SE: standard error.