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Table 5 Allele Contrasts for Three GDF8 SNP Significantly Associated with Phenotypic Traits

From: Evidence for multiple alleles effecting muscling and fatness at the Ovine GDF8 locus

Trait

GDF8 Allele 1

Effect 2

Effect in SD 3

Pr (> F-value)4

avkgf0 (k/F)

g-41C

0.459

0.232

0.021

cfatc (mm)

g+6723A

-0.509

-0.452

0.001

creat (mg/dL)

g+6723A

0.003

0.273

0.037

diff072 (k/F)

g-41C

-0.434

-0.225

0.025

emac (cm2)

g+6723A

0.589

0.329

0.015

emdc (mm)

g+6723A

0.706

0.267

0.045

emwc (mm)

g+4036C

-1.076

-0.369

0.038

emwc (mm)

g+6723A

1.077

0.369

0.006

forequarter (kg)

g-41C

-0.095

-0.416

0.024

forequarter (kg)

g+6723A

0.159

0.693

0.043

grknf (mm)

g+6723A

-1.161

-0.442

0.001

imf (%)

g+6723A

-0.631

-0.497

0.000

loinwt (g)

g+6723A

18.564

0.303

0.024

flavour

g+6723A

-2.943

-0.374

0.018

tender

g+6723A

-3.188

-0.354

0.025

satisfac

g+6723A

-0.109

-0.318

0.045

  1. 1 The associated allele.
  2. 2 Regression coefficient of the single marker allele on the trait.
  3. 3 Proportion of phenotypic standard deviation.
  4. 4 P-value for F-test.