Table 3.

Genetic effects of IGFBP2 on growth traits for the MSU Duroc × Pietrain F₂ resource population and the Duroc pig population

Traits	Additive effect	Dominance effect
MSU resource population
BF10 13 wk, mm	−0.15 ± 0.29	0.69 ± 0.33*
ADG 10 to 22 wk, g/day	25.84 ± 12.03*	−23.04 ± 11.19
Days to 105 kg, day	−4.34 ± 1.51*	2.12 ± 1.75
Duroc pig population
LMA, cm2	−0.32 ± 0.41	1.03 ± 0.52*

Significance was determined as P < 0.05 (*), additive effects represent the effect of allele A