. 2018 Apr 25;96(5):1628–1639. doi: 10.1093/jas/sky076

Table 2.

Scale of measurement, number of records (n), mean (µ), genetic standard deviation (SD_g), and heritability estimates (h²) of the skeletal and other linear type traits

Trait	Scale	Angus^a			Charolais^a			Hereford^a			Limousin^a			Simmental^a
		n = 3,124–3,356			n = 21,341–31,044			n = 2,993–3,004			n = 30,494–35,156			n = 6,637–8,631
		µ	SD_g	h ²	µ	SD_g	h ²	µ	SD_g	h ²	µ	SD_g	h ²	µ	SD_g	h ²
Skeletal	1–10
Width of chest	narrow–wide	6.6	0.20	0.07	6.9	0.24	0.10	6.5	0.00	0.00	6.2	0.24	0.10	6.8	0.30	0.15
Depth of chest	shallow–deep	7.4	0.29	0.15	7.2	0.24	0.13	7.3	0.36	0.25	7.0	0.27	0.15	7.6	0.26	0.14
Height of withers	small–tall	5.8	0.38	0.19	6.8	0.65	0.43	5.7	0.44	0.30	6.6	0.47	0.29	7.2	0.52	0.34
Length of pelvis	short–long	7.1	0.35	0.17	7.4	0.42	0.23	7.0	0.45	0.27	7.8	0.37	0.19	8.0	0.37	0.20
Length of back	short–long	6.8	0.36	0.17	7.7	0.49	0.30	6.8	0.47	0.29	7.7	0.42	0.23	8.0	0.37	0.20
Width at hips	narrow–wide	6.5	0.21	0.06	6.9	0.29	0.13	6.9	0.00	0.00	6.7	0.30	0.14	7.1	0.30	0.14
Other	1–10
Body condition score	lean–fat	7.0	0.18	0.03	5.8	0.35	0.13	7.2	0.00	0.00	6.6	0.31	0.11	7.1	0.23	0.05
Docility	aggressive– docile	8.7	0.36	0.21	8.9	0.34	0.15	9.2	0.26	0.11	9.2	0.37	0.17	9.3	0.30	0.09

^aStandard error of the heritability estimates in Angus ≤ 0.05. Standard error of the heritability estimates in Charolais ≤ 0.02. Standard error of the heritability estimates in Hereford ≤ 0.06. Standard error of the heritability estimates in Limousin ≤ 0.02. Standard error of the heritability estimates in Simmental ≤ 0.03.