Association between fatty acid compositions and genotypes of FABP4 and LXR-alpha in Japanese Black cattle

BMC Genomic Data

Table 2 ANOVA on carcass traits and fatty acid composition in Japanese Black population

	n = 234
	Mean	SD	Year	Sex	I74V	V110M	G51E	V133I
Carcass traits
Dressed carcass weight (kg)	437.48	56.23	*	***	ns	ns	ns	ns
Rib-eye area (cm²)	55.91	8.22	*	*	ns	ns	ns	ns
Rib thickness (cm)	7.78	0.94	*	*	ns	ns	ns	ns
Subcutaneous fat thickness (cm)	2.97	0.81	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
Yield estimate (%)	73.74	1.44	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
BMS	5.96	2.12	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
BCS	3.93	0.75	**	*	ns	ns	ns	ns
Fatty acid composition (%)
C14:0	2.64	0.60	***	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
C14:1	0.87	0.32	***	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
C16:0	27.00	2.09	***	***	ns	ns	ns	ns
C16:1	3.82	0.79	***	***	**	ns	ns	ns
C18:0	11.51	1.75	*	**	ns	ns	ns	ns
C18:1	52.01	2.90	**	***	ns	ns	ns	ns
C18:2	2.14	0.55	***	ns	ns	ns	ns	*
MUFA	56.70	3.10	ns	***	ns	ns	ns	ns
SFA	41.15	3.21	*	***	ns	ns	ns	ns
MUFA/SFA	1.39	0.18	*	***	ns	ns	ns	ns
C14:1/(C14:0+C14:1)	24.48	5.09	***	**	ns	ns	ns	ns
C16:1/(C16:0+C16:1)	12.42	2.53	***	***	*	ns	ns	ns
C18:1/(C18:0+C18:1)	81.87	2.76	*	***	ns	ns	ns	ns
Elongation Index	67.32	2.34	*	*	ns	ns	ns	ns

*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001. ns = not significant.
SFA, saturated fatty acid. MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid. Elongation index, (C16:1+C18:1/C16:0+C16:1+C18:0+C18:1) × 100. BMS, Beef marbling standard. BCS, Beef color standard.

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