Table 2.
The effect of KRT81 genotypes on various wool traits.
| Trait 1 | Mean ± SE 2 | p 3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA (n = 124) | AB (n = 158) | AC (n = 39) | BB (n = 68) | ||
| GFW (kg) | 2.2 ± 0.10 ab | 2.2 ± 0.10 b | 2.4 ± 0.11 a | 2.3 ± 0.10 a | 0.004 |
| CFW (kg) | 1.7 ± 0.08 ab | 1.6 ± 0.08 b | 1.8 ± 0.09 a | 1.7 ± 0.09 ab | 0.031 |
| Yield (%) | 76.4 ± 1.55 | 75.3 ± 1.51 | 75.4 ± 1.66 | 74.2 ± 1.63 | 0.095 |
| MSL (mm) | 85.5 ± 3.02 | 85.2 ± 2.93 | 84.4 ± 3.23 | 83.9 ± 3.17 | 0.354 |
| MSS (N/ktex) | 23.8 ± 1.93 | 23.6 ± 1.88 | 23.7 ± 2.07 | 23.1 ± 2.03 | 0.932 |
| MFD (µm) | 19.1 ± 0.46 | 19.3 ± 0.45 | 19.7 ± 0.49 | 19.4 ± 0.48 | 0.354 |
| FDSD (µm) | 4.0 ± 0.16 | 4.11 ± 0.16 | 4.3 ± 0.17 | 4.0 ± 0.17 | 0.163 |
| CVFD (%) | 21.0 ± 0.59 | 21.2 ± 0.57 | 21.7 ± 0.63 | 20.7 ± 0.61 | 0.166 |
| MFC (°/mm) | 88.8 ± 3.78 | 90.2 ± 3.67 | 87.8 ± 4.04 | 91.5 ± 3.96 | 0.520 |
| PF (%) | 1.7 ± 0.84 | 2.3 ± 0.82 | 3.2 ± 0.90 | 2.0 ± 0.88 | 0.113 |
1 GFW—greasy fleece weight; CFW—clean fleece weight; MFD—mean fibre diameter; FDSD—fibre diameter standard deviation; CVFD—coefficient of variation of fibre diameter; MSL—mean staple length; MSS—mean staple strength; MFC—mean fibre curvature; PF—prickle factor. 2 Estimated marginal means, standard errors and p values derived from GLMs. Means within rows that do not share a superscript letter (e.g., a) were different at p < 0.05. 3 p < 0.05 are highlighted in bold.