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Associations of MR5 with chicken growth traits |
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| Traits1 |
P value |
Least squares Mean ± S.E2 |
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| CC (331) |
CT (92) |
TT (28) |
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| BW at 21 days (g) |
0.0469 |
211.8 ± 1.92a |
206.4 ± 3.67ab |
196.4 ± 5.83b |
| BW at 28 days (g) |
0.0045 |
313.3 ± 3.04A |
301.8 ± 5.83A |
281.0 ± 9.11B |
| BW at 35 days (g) |
0.0153 |
441.3 ± 4.73a |
415.6 ± 9.11b |
402.5 ± 14.24b |
| SD at 63 days (mm) |
0.0284 |
9.45 ± 0.13ab |
8.93 ± 0.23a |
9.69 ± 0.36b |
| ADG at 0–4 weeks (g/d) |
0.0051 |
10.11 ± 0.11A |
9.74 ± 0.21A |
8.96 ± 0.32B |
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1BW = body weight; SD = shank diameter at 63 d of age; ADG = average daily gain. 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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