Table 4 Cortical cell length and diameter in IMCG1 and DBG2 parents goat breeds (mean ± SEM).

From: Assessment of hair and cashmere properties and their genetic background of several goat breeds in Southwest China

Cortical cells

Breeds

SEM3

P-value

IMCG1

DBG2

Length (μm)

Shoulder

91.565

86.908

1.980

0.269

Side portion

93.933

86.788

2.658

0.198

Abdomen

97.150a

86.828b

2.719

0.045

Leg

94.215a

86.840b

2.156

0.083

Overall mean

94.575

86.854

2.378

0.148

Diameter (μm)

Shoulder

5.588

5.183

0.326

0.576

Side portion

5.928

5.473

0.349

0.556

Abdomen

6.870

5.413

0.501

0.553

Leg

5.860

5.355

0.383

0.551

Overall mean

5.866

5.355

0.389

0.559

  1. 1IMCG Mongolia Cashmere goat, 2DBG Dazu black goat, 3SEM the standard error of the mean.
  2. a–cMeans with different superscript in the same row are differ (P < 0.05).
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