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. 2021 May 16;11(5):1425. doi: 10.3390/ani11051425

Table 2.

Heritability and variance component estimated from pedigree and phenotypic information using the multi-trait model in the Hanwoo cattle.

Trait σa2 σe2 σp2 h2
UIMF 0.23 (0.03) 0.98 (0.03) 1.21 (0.02) 0.19 (0.02)
UEMA 9.98 (0.97) 20.72 (0.76) 30.70 (0.51) 0.32 (0.03)
UBFT 0.21 (0.02) 0.48 (0.02) 0.69 (0.01) 0.30 (0.03)
BFT 7.15 (0.68) 5.59 (0.53) 12.74 (0.29) 0.56 (0.05)
CW 596.32 (61.58) 828.31 (48.54) 1424.63 (32.01) 0.42 (0.04)
EMA 34.60 (3.58) 34.40 (2.81) 68.99 (1.63) 0.50 (0.04)
MS 1.43 (0.13) 0.97 (0.10) 2.40 (0.05) 0.59 (0.05)
YW 354.09 (32.86) 792.65 (24.94) 1146.74 (15.93) 0.31 (0.03)

UIMF: Ultrasound intramuscular fat content; UEMA: Ultrasound longissimus muscle area; UBFT: Ultrasound backfat thickness; BFT: Backfat thickness; CW: Carcass weight; EMA: Eye muscle area; MS: Marbling score; YW: Yearling weight; σa2: Additive genetic variance; σe2: Error variance; σp2 Phenotypic variance; h2: Heritability. Numbers in parentheses are the standard deviations of posterior densities.