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Table 3 Association analysis of the GNB1L 31-bp indel with carcass traits in the Xinghua × Recessive White Rock F2 populations

From: A 31-bp indel in the 5′ UTR region of GNB1L is significantly associated with chicken body weight and carcass traits

Traits

Mean ± SE

P-value

DD

ID

II

LWS (kg)

1.5 ± 0.0

1.5 ± 0.0

1.5 ± 0.0

0.522

BWH (mm)

67.3 ± 0.68ab

67.9 ± 0.5a

65.8 ± 0.5b

0.006

BP (mm)

96.8 ± 1.023ab

96.7 ± 0.8a

93.9 ± 0.7b

0.009

BSL (cm)

22.9 ± 0.2

23.1 ± 0.1

22.9 ± 0.1

0.606

BAW (°)

60.9 ± 0.6

60.8 ± 0.4

60.3 ± 0.4

0.599

CW (g)

1353.2 ± 27.1

1379.6 ± 20.2

1347.3 ± 18.0

0.477

SFT (mm)

4.1 ± 0.1

4.2 ± 0.1

4.1 ± 0.1

0.837

FCW (mm)

11.2 ± 0.4

11.8 ± 0.3

12.5 ± 0.3

0.038

SEW (g)

1241.3 ± 24.3

1264.0 ± 18.2

1228.7 ± 16.2

0.347

EW (g)

1073.8 ± 21.6

1097.0 ± 16.1

1066.4 ± 14.4

0.358

BMW (g)

95.9 ± 2.05a

95.5 ± 1.5a

88.5 ± 1.4b

0.001

LMW (g)

115.0 ± 2.6

120.1 ± 1.9

117.3 ± 1.7

0.268

WB (g)

66.2 ± 1.3

67.0 ± 1.0

64.7 ± 0.9

0.193

AFW (g)

29.7 ± 2.2

27.6 ± 1.6

27.4 ± 1.4

0.651

SIL (cm)

144.9 ± 1.952a

140.3 ± 1.5ab

136.7 ± 1.31b

0.002

  1. SE standard error of the mean, LWS live weight before slaughter, BWH breast width, BP breast depth, BSL body slanting length, BAW breast angle width, CW carcass weight, SFT subcutaneous fat thickness, FCW fat cingula width, EW eviscerated weight, SEW semi-eviscerated weight, BMW breast meat weight, LMW leg meat weight, AFW abdominal fat weight, WW wing weight, SIL small intestine length
  2. Means with different superscripts indicate highly significant differences (different lowercase letters indicate P < 0.01; and the same letters indicate P > 0.01)