Table 1. Trait means, standard deviations, variance components for the carcass traits, and number of animals in the Hanwoo discovery set.
Traits | Phenotypic Data | Variance components | |||||
Mean | SD | Min | Max | σ2 g | σ2 p | h2 | |
Carcass weight (kg) | 356.4 | 37.8 | 183 | 488 | 347.6 | 1056.1 | 0.33 |
Eye muscle area (Cm2) | 81.1 | 8.6 | 59 | 111 | 23.7 | 57.6 | 0.41 |
Marbling score (1–9) | 3.1 | 1.5 | 1 | 9 | 1.43 | 2.86 | 0.50 |
Backfat thickness (mm) | 8.9 | 3.6 | 2 | 35 | 4.5 | 11.2 | 0.40 |