The sodium channel gene family is specifically expressed in hen uterus and associated with eggshell quality traits

Table 3 Means for eggshell-quality traits among genotypes and the contribution to phenotypic variance (CPV) of the diplotypes

Trait¹	Gene	Diplotypes(number)	Mean(SD)²	P-value	CPV³(%)
EW	SCNN1b	H2H6(15)	56.48(3.06)^a	0.0200	NA
		H8H8(21)	53.88(2.88)^b
	SCNN1d	H2H5(8)	58.96(3.39)^a	0.0024	0.62
		H4H4(174)	55.36(3.86)^b
ESW	SCNN1b	H7H4(6)	7.84(0.39)^a	0.0148	NA
		H6H6(5)	6.85(0.48)^b
	SCNN1g	H5H7(14)	7.84(1.03)^a	<0.0001	2.04
		H11H1(5)	6.19(1.15)^b
ESP	SCNN1a	H1H2(8)	14.53 (1.64)^a	0.0025	NA
		H2H4(30)	13.68(1.11)^b
	SCNN1b	H3H4(6)	13.67(0.89)^a	0.0006	0.09
		H1H6(8)	13.54(0.87)^b
	SCNN1d	H4H4(174)	14.17(1.34)^a	<0.0001	5.74
		H1H5(6)	12.76 (0.93)^b
	SCNN1g	H2H2(49)	13.71 (0.94)^a	<0.0001	NA
		H11H1(5)	13.36(0.34)^b
ESS	SCNN1b	H3H4(6)	3.18(0.65)^a	0.0021	1.64
		H6H6(5)	2.60(0.30)^b
	SCNN1d	H3H5(99)	3.11(0.05)^a	0.0278	NA
		H5H5(23)	2.85(0.11)^b
	SCNN1g	H1H9(9)	3.64(0.73)^a	<0.0001	5.43
		H2H6(12)	2.61(0.50)^b
EST	SCNN1a	H1H2(8)	0.33 (0.02)^a	0.0085	NA
		H4H4(165)	0.32 (0.02)^b
	SCNN1b	H3H4(6)	0.32(0.03)^a	0.0002	0.78
		H5H1(12)	0.30(0.03)^b
	SCNN1d	H1H5 (6)	0.30 (0.03)^a	0.0069	NA
		H4H4(174)	0.32(0.02)^b
	SCNN1g	H1H9(9)	0.33(0.02)^a	0.0021	0.82
		H5H5(13)	0.31 (0.02)^b

¹EW = Egg Weight; ESW = Eggshell Weight; ESP = Eggshell Percentage after correction; ESS = Eggshell Strength; EST = Eggshell Thickness after correction; % indicates these traits relative to Egg Weight.
²Different superscript (a, b) means significantly different between different diplotypes of the same gene for certain trait.
³CPV = SNP contribution to phenotypic variance (%).

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