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. 2015 Mar 6;9(7):1250–1264. doi: 10.1017/S1751731115000336

Table 3.

Examples of heritability estimates (h 2, s.e.) for intramuscular fat determined by US in vivo

Non-invasive Trait Technique Species Breed h² (s.e.) Reference
Intramuscular fat (%) US Cattle Angus 0.12 (0.03) Ravagnolo et al. (2010)
Angus–Brahman 0.78 (0.09) Elzo et al. (2010)
Diverse 0.12−0.88 Suther (2009) 1
Pig Duroc 0.54 (0.11) Jiao et al. (2014)

US=ultrasound imaging.

1

References before 2010 in Supplementary Material S1.