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HERITABILITIES OF TRAITS IN ANGUS GROUP TACE
(TRANSTASMAN CATTLE EVALUATION)
The degree to which genetic differences influence performance varies from trait to trait.
This is explained by differences in the “heritability” of the traits.
Growth and carcase traits tend to have moderate to high heritabilities (i.e. 20 to 60%),
whilst maternal traits have low heritabilities (10% or lower).
Angus Group TACE takes into account the different degrees of heritability of various traits,
and the known genetic relationships between the traits.
