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Table 2.

Association results between the genotypes of the ovine BMPR-IB, BMP-15 and FSHR genes and litter size.

Gene	Genotype ¹	Total Population		Small Tail Han Sheep		Hu Sheep
Gene	Genotype ¹	No. of Ewes	Litter Size	No. of Ewes	Litter Size	No. of Ewes	Litter Size
BMPR-IB	BB	142	1.95 ± 0.070 ^A	85	2.06 ± 0.078 ^A	57	1.89 ± 0.092 ^A
	B+	1450	1.75 ± 0.020 ^B	765	1.78 ± 0.026 ^B	685	1.74 ± 0.026 ^B
	++	38	1.17 ± 0.115 ^C	19	1.21 ± 0.166 ^C	19	1.15 ± 0.150 ^C
BMP-15	G+	479	1.96 ± 0.035 ^a	351	1.91 ± 0.039	128	2.18 ± 0.063 ^a
BMP-15	++	1151	1.66 ± 0.019 ^b	518	1.71 ± 0.032	633	1.66 ± 0.028 ^b
FSHR	CC	39	2.31 ± 0.124 ^Aa	21	2.33 ± 0.157 ^Aa	18	2.29 ± 0.158 ^A
	TC	1000	1.79 ± 0.023 ^Bb	368	1.88 ± 0.038 ^Ab	632	1.75 ± 0.028 ^B
	TT	591	1.56 ± 0.050 ^Bc	480	1.70 ± 0.033 ^Bc	111	1.49 ± 0.068 ^B

The numbers in the table are the LSMEAN ± standard error of phenotypic value. The different superscript letters in the same column for each gene in lowercase represent significant level at p < 0.05, which letters in uppercase represent significant level at p < 0.01, and the same letter represents no significant difference (p > 0.05). ¹ B means FecB mutation; G means FecX^G mutation; + means wild-type; C means FSHR g.47C>T mutation; T means wild-type.