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Table 2.

Lamb direct genetic variance ( Inline graphic ), maternal genetic variance (), variance due to common environmental effect (C_m) and variance due to maternal repeatability (PE_m) per trait and breed; model of analyses of post-weaning weight, muscle and fat depth did not include a maternal effect

	Breed	(SE)	(SE)	C_m (SE)	PE_m (SE)
Pre-weaning weight	Texel	1.57 (0.27)^*	0.58 (0.18)^*	2.98 (0.19)^*	0.57 (0.19)^*
	Suffolk	2.44 (0.40)^*	0.56 (0.22)^*	3.39 (0.24)^*	0.12 (0.23)
	Charollais	1.39 (0.25)^*	0.20 (0.13)	3.54 (0.18)^*	0.06 (0.16)
Wean weight	Texel	6.89 (0.81)^*	0.98 (0.39)^*	6.55 (0.48)^*	0.43 (0.43)
	Suffolk	4.79 (1.03)^*	0.84 (0.55)	7.85 (0.73)^*	0.26 (0.64)
	Charollais	5.77 (0.79)^*	0.87 (0.39)^*	6.01 (0.45)^*	0.18 (0.41)
Post-weaning weight	Texel	11.94 (1.10)^*		8.99 (0.62)^*
	Suffolk	7.42 (1.48)^*		11.55 (1.09)^*
	Charollais	6.79 (1.03)^*		8.73 (0.74)^*
Muscle depth	Texel	2.76 (0.28)^*		1.39 (0.18)^*
	Suffolk	2.05 (0.35)^*		1.48 (0.26)^*
	Charollais	1.70 (0.25)^*		1.51 (0.18)^*
Fat depth	Texel	0.01 (0.00)^*		0.01 (0.00)^*
	Suffolk	0.01 (0.00)^*		0.02 (0.00)^*
	Charollais	0.01 (0.00)^*		0.01 (0.00)^*

SE = standard error of estimate.

Estimates significantly different (P < 0.05) from zero.