Table 5 REML estimated means of numbers of alleles per chromosome 20 marker, the differences between breeds and P-values between the two groups

From: Increased heterozygosity and allele variants are seen in Texel compared to Suffolk sheep

Marker

Mean n k

 
 

Texel

Suffolk

Difference

Pa

McMA36

3.00

2.98

0.02

0.987

BM1258

4.46

2.48

1.98

0.202

OLADRBps

6.96

9.19

−2.23

0.090

OMHC1

9.89

6.59

3.30

<0.001***

CSRD226

15.21

8.19

7.02

<0.001***

TGLA387

14.48

11.38

3.09

0.002*

BM1818

11.08

4.33

6.75

<0.001***

OarHH56

4.88

2.55

2.33

0.063

McMA23

2.68

4.46

−1.78

0.188

  1. Markers are presented in linkage map order (Maddox et al, 2000).
  2. a5, 1 and 0.1% significance levels incorporating the Bonferroni correction are represented by one, two and three asterisks, respectively.
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