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. 2019 Dec 1;9(12):1055. doi: 10.3390/ani9121055

Table 2.

Variance components of genotypic additive and dominance values for the five traits.

Heritability/Variance CW DP MP ADG CR
σa2AD 415.642 0.000133 0.000181 0.00147 1.077
σd2AD 156.579 0.0000932 0.0000343 0.000242 0.482
σe2AD 417.453 0.000352 0.000462 0.00402 3.394
hA2AD 0.420 0.230 0.267 0.256 0.217
hD2AD 0.158 0.161 0.051 0.042 0.097
σD2(σD2+σA2)AD 0.273 0.412 0.159 0.141 0.309
σa2A 437.036 0.000142 0.000169 0.00165 1.236
σe2A 557.988 0.000421 0.000523 0.00397 3.741
hA2A 0.439 0.252 0.244 0.294 0.248

AD: model based on additive and dominance effects of markers; A: model including additive effects only; CW: carcass weight; MP: meat percentage; CR: chuck roll; ADG: average daily gain; and DP: dressing percentage.