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Table 2 Additive genetic variance (Ļƒ 2 A ), heritability (h 2 ) for Ca, Cu, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, P, Se, and Zn in both the Danish Holstein and Danish Jersey

From: Estimation of genetic parameters and detection of quantitative trait loci for minerals in Danish Holstein and Danish Jersey milk

Trait

DH Ļƒ 2 A

DH h 2

DJ Ļƒ 2 A

DJ h 2

Ca

10278.18

0.72 (0.36)

13017.58

0.63 (0.31)

K

NC1

NC1

3125.03

0.32 (0.21)

Na

NC1

NC1

1406.43

0.20 (0.19)

P

2547.80

0.46 (0.25)

2260.37

0.29 (0.21)

Mg

7.13

0.08 (0.21)

94.91

0.57 (0.25)

Cu

5.31E-05

0.28 (0.25)

NC1

NC1

Fe

2.61E-07

1.91E-4 (0.22)

4.02E-4

0.15 (0.19)

Mn

3.05E-06

0.13 (0.17)

NC1

NC1

Se

1.99E-07

0.10 (0.19)

4.73E-07

0.20 (0.14)

Zn

0.19

0.49 (0.24)

0.33

0.57 (0.22)

  1. (SE of the estimates in parenthesis).
  2. 1NC: The model is not converging due to the fact that the genetic variance component goes to zero.