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The heritability of the plasma total cholesterol concentration in rabbits has been estimated by the paternal half-sibling method. In female rabbits, the heritability is 62±38·8 per cent (h2±S.E.) indicating that this trait is highly heritable. In male rabbits, the heritability is 22±20·2 per cent. The large error involved makes it difficult to state if the trait is heritable in male rabbits.
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Roberts, D., West, C. The heritability of plasma cholesterol concentration in the rabbit. Heredity 33, 347–351 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1974.101
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