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Table 1 Number of records, mean, standard deviation (SD) and heritability estimate (h2) of each trait for the genotyped animals

From: Detailed phenotyping identifies genes with pleiotropic effects on body composition

Trait code (unit)

No.

Mean

SD

Vp

h2

Trait name

PSWT (kg)

9193

48.5

7.3

17.8

0.23

Slaughter weight

HCWT (kg)

10428

22.1

4.1

5.3

0.27

Hot carcass weight

LLWT (g)

8226

357.9

68.9

2001.9

0.33

Loin weight

TOP (g)

8228

598.3

101.0

3137.5

0.31

Topside weight

RND (g)

8229

457.7

73.7

1833.8

0.32

Round weight

BONE (g)

8225

940.9

139.4

6508.5

0.31

leg + aitch bone weight

LEGBONE (g)

7472

547.7

68.9

2051.3

0.48

Leg bone weight

LMY (%)

9797

53.4

9.7

4.6

0.26

Lean meat yield

DRESSING (%)

9024

45.1

3.7

5.4

0.37

Dressing%

DMLOIN (%)

8035

26.7

1.1

0.8

0.26

Dry matter

IMF (%)

8242

4.3

1.0

0.7

0.51

Intramuscular fat

LLFAT (g)

8215

200.1

103.5

3071.1

0.17

Loin fat weight

CFATSCORE

5224

3.0

1.0

0.3

0.12

Carcass fat score

CCFAT (mm)

10183

4.0

2.3

2.8

0.21

Fat Depth C

HGRFAT (mm)

8384

13.2

5.5

10.0

0.34

Fat depth GR

CFAT5 (mm)

8132

7.0

3.4

5.1

0.18

Fat Depth 5th rib

CEMW (mm)

10343

60.2

5.2

14.4

0.35

Carcass eye muscle width

CEMD (mm)

10345

29.0

4.5

8.4

0.16

Carcass eye muscle depth

CEMA (cm2)

10345

14.0

2.9

3.1

0.24

Eye muscle area

SHEARF5 (N)

9991

29.1

10.6

63.0

0.25

Shear force day 5

SHEARF1 (N)

5325

41.3

14.3

103.5

0.28

Shear force day 1

MYOGLOBIN (mg/g wet)

8138

6.3

1.8

1.3

0.25

Myoglobin

GLYCOGEN (mmol/kg)

3116

61.3

14.1

140.7

0.16

Glycogen

ICDH activity (umol/min/g wet)

4742

4.6

1.7

0.9

0.27

ICDH activity

RCL4

4631

36.7

2.9

4.2

0.43

Retail coloura L day 4

RCL3

4757

36.7

2.8

4.2

0.40

Retail coloura L day 3

RCL2

4756

37.0

2.8

4.1

0.35

Retail coloura L day 2

RCL1

4756

35.0

3.2

4.3

0.27

Retail coloura L day 1

RCb4

4631

16.7

2.5

1.7

0.11

Retail coloura b day 4

RCb3

4753

17.6

2.5

2.1

0.10

Retail coloura b day 3

RCb2

4755

18.4

2.4

2.1

0.04

Retail coloura b day 2

RCb1

4750

15.2

2.4

2.1

0.08

Retail coloura b day 1

RCa4

4630

15.6

2.2

2.2

0.29

Retail coloura a day 4

RCa3

4757

16.7

2.5

2.8

0.27

Retail coloura a day 3

RCa2

4756

18.2

2.8

3.9

0.22

Retail coloura a day 2

RCa1

4756

17.0

2.2

2.1

0.18

Retail coloura a day 1

CFb

9764

4.6

4.1

1.3

0.13

Fresh colour b*

CFa

9758

16.0

5.3

1.7

0.08

Fresh colour a*

CFL

9754

34.4

3.1

4.2

0.21

Fresh colour L*

PH24LL

10299

5.7

0.2

0.0

0.16

LL pH 24 h

PH24ST

8223

5.8

0.2

0.0

0.19

ST pH 24 h

IRON (wet, mg/kg)

8083

20.0

3.4

7.3

0.24

Iron (wet)

ZINC (wet, mg/kg)

8099

24.9

4.6

16.7

0.22

Zinc (wet)

EPADPADHA (mg/100gb)

6539

48.4

16.9

69.2

0.14

EPAc1 + DPAc2 + DHAc3

EPADHA (mg/100gb)

6536

23.5

10.4

23.1

0.18

EPAc1 + DHAc3

FA_C22_6n3 (mg/100gb)

8140

6.9

3.2

3.5

0.26

DHAc3 (C22:6n3)

FA_C22_5n3 (mg/100gb)

8142

24.1

9.2

21.3

0.08

DPAc2 (C22:5n3)

FA_C20_5n3 (mg/100gb)

8141

15.4

7.9

13.4

0.13

EPAc1 (C20:5n3)

FA_C20_4n6 (mg/100gb)

8139

45.7

14.9

57.5

0.16

Arachidonic acid (C20:4n6)

FA_C20_3n6 (mg/100gb)

8136

4.5

1.4

0.8

0.16

DGLAc4 (C20:3n6)

FA_C18_2n6 (mg/100gb)

8130

134.7

40.2

482.1

0.15

Linoleic acid (C18:2n6)

FA_C18_0 (mg/100gb)

8124

481.3

161.5

9903.2

0.19

Stearic acid (C18:0)

FA_C16_0 (mg/100gb)

8131

650.9

224.0

17030.0

0.11

Palmitic acid (C16:0)

FA_C14_0 (mg/100gb)

8128

70.2

29.5

402.6

0.15

Myristic acid (C14:0)

FA_C12_0 (mg/100gb)

8116

4.3

2.4

2.7

0.13

Lauric acid (C12:0)

FA_C10_0 (mg/100gb)

8108

4.5

2.3

2.5

0.11

Capric acid (C10:0)

  1. aretail colour trait using HunterLab colour meter, bmg/100 g wet muscle tissue, c1Eicosapentaenoic acid, c2Docosapentaenoic acid, c3Docosahexaenoic acid, c4Dihomo-γ-linolenic acid