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. 2014 Mar 25;15:39. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-15-39

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics, variance components and heritability by GBLUP for IMF deposition and composition in Nellore

Trait Terminology 1 N Mean ± SE 2 Genetic variance Residual variance Total variance h2 ± SE
IMF (%)
 Intramuscular fat
 382
 2.77 ± 0.05
 0.196
 0.490
 0.686
 0.29 ± 0.16
C12:0 (mg/mg)
 Lauric acid
 374
 0.07 ± 0.001
 0.000039
 0.00072
 0.000761
 0.05 ± 0.09
C14:0
 Myristic acid
 378
 3.54 ± 0.03
 0.0530
 0.250
 0.303
 0.17 ± 0.11
C14:1 cis-9
 Myristoleic acid
 378
 0.96 ± 0.01
 0.0076
 0.041
 0.0486
 0.16 ± 0.11
C15:0
 Pentadecylic acid
 378
 0.80 ± 0.02
 0.0
 0.052
 0.052
 0 ± 0.06
C16:0
 Palmitic acid
 378
 26.69 ± 0.15
 0.6070
 7.068
 7.675
 0.08 ± 0.10
C16:1 cis-9
 Palmitoleic acid
 378
 3.31 ± 0.04
 0.0640
 0.354
 0.418
 0.15 ± 0.10
C17:0
 Margaric acid
 378
 1.07 ± 0.009
 0.0061
 0.019
 0.0251
 0.24 ± 0.15
C17:1
 Heptadecenoic acid
 378
 0.58 ± 0.007
 0.0024
 0.009
 0.0114
 0.20 ± 0.12
C18:0
 Stearic acid
 378
 14.98 ± 0.14
 1.3380
 5.348
 6.686
 0.20 ± 0.12
C18:1 cis-9
 Oleic acid
 378
 37.46 ± 0.22
 2.0720
 10.826
 12.898
 0.16 ± 0.11
C18:1 cis-11
 Cis-Vaccenic acid
 378
 2.98 ± 0.05
 0.0850
 0.357
 0.442
 0.02 ± 0.09
C18:1 cis-12
 Cis-12 Octadecenoic
 377
 0.91 ± 0.02
 0.0030
 0.034
 0.037
 0.09 ± 0.10
C18:1, cis-13
 Cis-13 Octadecenoic
 377
 0.58 ± 0.008
 0.0
 0.021
 0.021
 0 ± 0.06
C18:1 cis-15
 Cis-15 Octadecenoic
 377
 0.06 ± 0.002
 0.0
 0.0005
 0.0005
 0 ± 0.06
C18:1 trans-6, 7, 8
 Trans-6,7,8 Octadecenoic
 378
 0.18 ± 0.004
 0.0007
 0.0055
 0.0062
 0.11 ± 0.09
C18:1 trans-10, 11, 12
 Trans-10,11,12 Octadecenoic
 378
 1.07 ± 0.02
 0.0236
 0.0926
 0.1162
 0.20 ± 0.12
C18:1 trans-16
 Trans-16 Octadecenoic
 377
 0.14 ± 0.003
 0.0
 0.0023
 0.0023
 0 ± 0.09
C18:2 cis-9 cis-12 n-6
 Linoleic acid
 377
 1.60 ± 0.03
 0.0340
 0.239
 0.273
 0.12 ± 0.10
C18:2 cis-9 trans-11
 Vaccenic acid
 377
 0.21 ± 0.003
 0.0001
 0.0026
 0.0027
 0.04 ± 0.09
C18:2 trans-11 cis-15
 Octadecenoic acid
 374
 0.07 ± 0.001
 0.00007
 0.0004
 0.00047
 0.13 ± 0.11
C18:3 n-6
 α-Linolenic acid
 377
 0.06 ± 0.001
 0.00008
 0.0002
 0.00028
 0.24 ± 0.13
C18:3 n-3
 γ-Linolenic acid
 376
 0.16 ± 0.005
 0.00026
 0.0017
 0.00196
 0.13 ± 0.11
C20:1
 Eicosanoic acid
 374
 0.11 ± 0.002
 0.00013
 0.0014
 0.00153
 0.09 ± 0.10
C20:2
 Eicosadienoic acid
 306
 0.01 ± 0.0003
 0.0
 0.00004
 0.00004
 0 ± 0.08
C20:3 n-6
 Eicosatrienoic acid
 373
 0.11 ± 0.003
 0.00018
 0.00235
 0.00253
 0.07 ± 0.09
C20:4 n-6
 Arachidonic acid
 377
 0.36 ± 0.008
 0.00221
 0.0235
 0.0251
 0.09 ± 0.10
C20:5 n-3 (EPA)
 Eicosapentaenoic acid
 376
 0.08 ± 0.002
 0.00005
 0.00135
 0.00139
 0.04 ± 0.09
C22:5 n-3 (DPA)
 Docosapentaenoic acid
 377
 0.17 ± 0.003
 0.00047
 0.00387
 0.00434
 0.11 ± 0.10
C22:6 n-3 (DHA)
 Docosahexaenoic acid
 364
 0.03 ± 0.001
 0.00003
 0.00018
 0.00021
 0.13 ± 0.10
SFA3
 Sum of saturated FA
 377
 47.23 ± 0.23
 1.960
 15.00
 16.960
 0.11 ± 0.09
MUFA3
 Sum of monounsaturated FA
 377
 48.34 ± 0.23
 2.367
 14.963
 17.33
 0.14 ± 0.10
PUFA3
 Sum of polyunsaturated FA
 377
 2.87 ± 0.04
 0.097
 0.547
 0.644
 0.15 ± 0.10
n-34
 Sum of omega-3
 377
 0.44 ± 0.09
 0.00034
 0.0016
 0.00194
 0.17 ± 0.11
n-64
 Sum of omega-6
 377
 2.13 ± 0.04
 0.00055
 0.0031
 0.00365
 0.15 ± 0.11
PUFA:SFA
 Ratio of PUFA to SFA
 377
 6.08 ± 0.003
 0.0623
 0.41
 0.4723
 0.13 ± 0.10
n-6:n-3
 Ratio of n-6 to n-3
 377
 4.84 ± 0.11
 0.00395
 0.0231
 0.02705
 0.14 ± 0.10
AI5 Atherogenic index 377 0.82 ± 0.05 0.03943 1.0784 1.11783 0.03 ± 0.09

1IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology.

2SE Standard error.

3MUFA, PUFA and SFA were the total of all monounsaturated, polyunsaturated and saturated fatty acids, respectively.

4n-3 and n-6 were total of omega 3 and 6 fatty acids.

5Atherogenic index = [12:0 + 4(14:0) + 16:0]/(SFA + PUFA).