Table 2 Narrow sense heritability of behaviour traits in Ragdoll, Maine Coon, and Turkish Van cats.
From: Breed differences of heritable behaviour traits in cats
Ragdoll | Maine Coon | Turkish Van | |
|---|---|---|---|
Activity level | 0.47 (0.31–0.62) | 0.51 (0.37–0.67) | 0.51 (0.36–0.68) |
Contact to people | 0.42 (0.27–0.56) | 0.50 (0.35–0.65) | 0.50 (0.32–0.68) |
Aggression to strangers | 0.53 (0.43–0.64) | 0.51 (0.41–0.60) | 0.53 (0.37–0.68) |
Aggression to family members | 0.53 (0.45–0.61) | 0.48 (0.38–0.59) | 0.51 (0.36–0.67) |
Aggression to other cats | 0.49 (0.33–0.63) | 0.46 (0.33–0.59) | 0.53 (0.34–0.73) |
Shyness towards novel objects | 0.40 (0.22–0.58) | 0.49 (0.33–0.68) | 0.43 (0.23–0.63) |
Shyness towards strangers | 0.40 (0.22–0.57) | 0.47 (0.30–0.67) | 0.47 (0.28–0.71) |
