Figure 2

Exemplary genotype effect plots of carcass traits at the nearest marker to the QTL peaks. a) Reference carcass weight on OCU7 b) drip loss OCU12 c) and d) bone weight fore part on OCU9 and OCU3, respectively, e) and f) Hind part weight on OCU2 and OCU19, respectively, a)-c) using the model 1 with birthweight as covariate (Model1) d)-f) using the model 2 with reference carcass weight as covariate (Model 2), Values are LSM ± SE. G: Giant Grey allele, N: New Zealand White allele *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01 and ***P < 0.001 refer to significant differences between genotype classes (t-test).