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Table 1 Published heritability of boar taint and underlying components.

From: Selection against boar taint: a simulation study

Component

h2 (range in literature)

Boar taint1

0.13 to 0.54

Androstenone2

0.13 to 0.87

Skatole3

0.19 to 0.34

  1. 1 Jonsson and Pederson, 1974; Jonsson and Pederson, 1979
  2. 2 Bonneau and Sellier, 1986; Fouilloux et al., 1997; Jonsson and Pederson, 1974; Jonsson and Pederson 1979, Johnsson and Joergensen 1989; Sellier and Bonneau 1988; Willeke et al., 1987
  3. 3 Pedersen, 1998