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Table 6 Association of the haplotypes in the QTL region with AFE

From: Genetic effects of polymorphisms in candidate genes and the QTL region on chicken age at first egg

Trait1

P value

H1H12 (432)

H1H22 (1)

H1H42 (1)

H2H22 (385)

H2H42 (1)

H3H32 (26)

H4H42 (450)

AFE

0.0289*

124.2 ± 0.8bc

154.0 ± 16.5abc

158.0 ± 16.6a

124.7 ± 0.8b

111.0 ± 16.5bc

122.2 ± 3.2bc

122.2 ± 0.8c

  1. 1AFE = age at first egg;
  2. 2The values are least-square means ± standard errors (SE), number in brackets indicated the number of tested chickens of each diplotype;
  3. a,b,cWithin a row with no common superscripts are significantly different (P < 0.05); *indicate P < 0.05.