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Table 7 Association of the C+1107T with egg production traits and broody traits in Ningdu Sanhuang Chickens

From: The genetic effects of the dopamine D1 receptor gene on chicken egg production and broodiness traits

Traits1

P value

CC2 (403)

TC2 (201)

TT2 (13)

AFE(d)

0.24

136.0 ± 0.6

135.7 ± 0.7

140.7 ± 2.9

EN

0.27

113.6 ± 1.5

115.1 ± 2.0

125.5 ± 7.6

QEN

0.36

109.8 ± 1.4

110.9 ± 1.9

120.3 ± 7.4

OEN

0.37

3.7 ± 0.3

4.2 ± 0.4

5.3 ± 1.5

EW (g)

0.88

45.8 ± 0.2

45.8 ± 0.3

45.3 ± 0.9

Duration of broodiness (d)

0.85

7.5 ± 0.7

7.3 ± 1.0

5.3 ± 3.9

Number of nonbroody chickens

/

195

108

11

Number of broody chickens

/

208

93

2

Broody frequency (%)

/

51.61

46.27

15.38

χ2value

< 0.05

7.58*

  
  1. 1AFE = age of first egg; EN = total egg number from 90 to 300 d of age; QEN = total number of qualified eggs from 90 to 300 d of age; OEN = total number of oafish eggs from 90 to 300 d of age; EW = weight of first egg; DB = duration days of broodiness.2Least-square means ± standard errors (SE); Number in brackets referred to the number of tested chickens of each genotype. a, bmeans within a row with no common superscript are different significantly (P < 0.05). * indicated P < 0.05. χ20.05(df = 2) = 5.99.