Table 1.

Descriptive statistics and variance components of body weight traits in Inner Mongolia cashmere goats.

Traits	N	Mean	SD	Min	Max	CV (%)	${\sigma }_{\text{a}}^2$	${\sigma }_{\text{c}}^2$	${\sigma }_{\text{m}}^2$	${\sigma }_{\text{e}}^2$	${\sigma }_{\text{p}}^2$	${\text{h}}_{\text{T}}^2\pm \text{S}\text{E}$
BW (kg)	1,917	2.75	0.48	1.70	4.20	17.45	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.14	0.19	0.11 ± 0.01
WW (kg)	1,868	17.52	10.15	16.50	29.50	57.93	1.57	0.91	0.88	2.51	5.87	0.27 ± 0.02
YW (kg)	1,892	36.10	13.71	24.00	49.50	37.98	0.19	0.14	-	1.55	1.88	0.10 ± 0.03

${\sigma }_a^2$, direct additive genetic variance; ${\alpha }_c^2$, individual permanent environment variance, ${\sigma }_m^2$, maternal genetic variance; ${\sigma }_e^2$, residual variance; ${\sigma }_p^2$, phenotypic variance; $h_T^2$, direct heritability; SE, standard error; BW, birth weight; WW, weaning weight; YW, yearling weight; CV, coefficients of variation.