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 |
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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.
References before 2010 in Supplementary Material S1.