Table 3.
Limousina | Charolaisb | |||||||||
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Male | Female | Male | Female | |||||||
Trait | SDg | h 2 | SDg | h 2 | r g | SDg | h 2 | SDg | h 2 | r g |
Functional | ||||||||||
Locomotion | 0.19 | 0.05 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.98 | 0.29 | 0.08 | 0.26 | 0.09 | 0.97 |
Foreleg front view | 0.14 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0 | — | 0.26 | 0.09 | 0.17 | 0.06 | 0.99 |
Hind-leg side view | 0.24 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 0.04 | 0.99 | 0.23 | 0.06 | 0.16 | 0.04 | 0.98 |
Hind-leg rear view | 0.19 | 0.03 | 0.16 | 0.02 | 0.99 | 0.24 | 0.05 | 0.17 | 0.03 | 0.98 |
Muscular | ||||||||||
Development of hind quarter | 0.54 | 0.26 | 0.45 | 0.23 | 0.93 | 0.50 | 0.23* | 0.57 | 0.33* | 0.97 |
Development of loin | 0.46 | 0.18 | 0.37 | 0.14 | 0.97 | 0.50 | 0.21 | 0.43 | 0.21 | 0.96 |
Thigh width | 0.51 | 0.21 | 0.47 | 0.23 | 0.92 | 0.56 | 0.23 | 0.48 | 0.23 | 0.93 |
Development of inner thigh | 0.53 | 0.21 | 0.49 | 0.23 | 0.94 | 0.53 | 0.23 | 0.53 | 0.27 | 0.96 |
Width of withers | 0.45 | 0.19 | 0.38 | 0.17 | 0.97 | 0.53 | 0.23 | 0.44 | 0.21 | 0.96 |
Width behind withers | 0.43 | 0.18 | 0.34 | 0.13 | 0.95 | 0.46 | 0.2 | 0.40 | 0.18 | 0.91 |
Skeletal | ||||||||||
Width of chest | 0.19 | 0.07 | 0.18 | 0.06 | 0.98 | 0.23 | 0.09 | 0.15 | 0.05 | 0.90 |
Depth of chest | 0.26 | 0.14 | 0.20 | 0.09 | 0.98 | 0.17 | 0.06 | 0.17 | 0.07 | 0.98 |
Height of withers | 0.47 | 0.27 | 0.40 | 0.24 | 0.94 | 0.89 | 0.68** | 0.47 | 0.29** | 0.99 |
Length of pelvis | 0.29 | 0.12 | 0.32 | 0.12 | 0.99 | 0.37 | 0.18 | 0.32 | 0.16 | 0.99 |
Length of back | 0.37 | 0.19 | 0.36 | 0.19 | 0.98 | 0.55 | 0.36** | 0.36 | 0.12** | 0.99 |
Width at hips | 0.23 | 0.09 | 0.27 | 0.12 | 0.95 | 0.18 | 0.06 | 0.25 | 0.11 | 0.98 |
Other | ||||||||||
Body condition score | 0.32 | 0.13 | 0.28 | 0.1 | 0.99 | 0.24 | 0.07 | 0.30 | 0.12 | 0.98 |
Docility | 0.30 | 0.11 | 0.32 | 0.13 | 0.98 | 0.29 | 0.11 | 0.31 | 0.14 | 0.99 |
aStandard errors for h2 and rg in Limousin were all ≤ 0.03.
bStandard errors for h2 and rg in Simmental were all ≤ 0.04.
*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01.