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Association of MR4 with chicken growth traits |
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| Traits1 |
P value |
Least squares Mean ± S.D2 |
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| CC (335) |
CT (105) |
TT (11) |
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| SL at 63 days (mm) |
0.0197 |
9.43 ± 0.14ab |
8.99 ± 0.22a |
10.00 ± 0.43b |
| SL at 77 days (mm) |
0.0333 |
88.56 ± 0.82a |
87.74 ± 1.34a |
94.22 ± 2.59b |
| SD at 77 days (mm) |
0.0065 |
9.90 ± 0.13A |
9.61 ± 0.21A |
10.81 ± 0.40B |
| BW at 84 days (g) |
0.0207 |
1463 ± 19.36a |
1436 ± 32.92a |
1667 ± 82.23b |
| SL at 84 days (mm) |
0.0346 |
88.28 ± 0.44a |
87.41 ± 0.74a |
92.13 ± 1.85b |
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1SL = shank length; SD = shank diameter; BW = body weight. 2 Numbers in bracket referred to sample size for each genotype. a,b Means within a row with no common superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05). A,B Means within a row with no common superscript differ highly significantly (P < 0.01). | ||||
Nie et al. BMC Genetics 2008 9:20 doi:10.1186/1471-2156-9-20 |
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