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. 2013 Oct 7;8(10):e74677. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074677

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