Table 3. Least square mean of egg yolk traits in diplotypes of CTSD gene.

Diplotypes	N(freq)	Yolk weight	Yolk ratio%	Yolk diameter/mm	Yolk height/mm
CC+GG	158(0.364)	15.36±0.111B	32.34±0.152b	3.94±0.019	1.87±0.017B
CC+GT	11(0.025)	16.48±0.509A	34.60±1.049a	4.09±0.044	2.30±0.423A
CC+TT	1(0.002)	16.19±0.133AB	35.27±0.201a	4.16±0.012	1.83±0.059B
TC+GG	77(0.177)	15.85±0.128AB	32.76±0.242ab	3.90±0.037	2.00±0.049B
TC+GT	97(0.224)	15.88±0.154AB	32.88±0.213ab	3.89±0.035	1.98±0.032B
TC+TT	8(0.018)	16.06±0.377AB	33.26±0.537ab	3.94±0.096	1.94±0.112B
TT+GG	23(0.053)	15.40±0.240B	32.34±0.382b	3.90±0.061	1.90±0.051B
TT+GT	39(0.09)	15.95±0.235AB	32.78±0.362ab	3.94±0.045	1.94±0.037B
TT+TT	20(0.046)	16.11±0.194AB	32.48±0.322b	3.88±0.090	2.38±0.362A
P-value		0.0081**	0.0216*	0.5604	0.0018**

A and B mean significant at P<0.01. a, b, c and d mean significant at P<0.05 level.

^*means P<0.05;** means P<0.01.