Table 2.

Analysis of variance for the mRNA abundance of ovine Lpin2 and Lpin3

Source of variation	Sum of squares		Degree of freedom	F values		Significance
	Lpin2	Lpin3		Lpin2	Lpin	Lpin2	Lpin3
Corrected model	317.529a	239.687a	66	8.114	6.424	***	***
Intercept	483.039	748.304	1	814.629	1,323.743	***	***
Breed	22.549	5.2	1	38.028	9.199	***	**
Sex	0.162	0.626	1	0.274	1.107	NS	NS
MOA	28.702	32.412	5	9.681	11.467	***	***
Tissue	131.954	99.495	6	37.089	29.334	***	***
Breed×sex	0.607	0.586	1	1.024	1.036	NS	NS
Breed×MOA	21.95	42.344	5	7.403	14.981	***	***
Breed×tissue	66.493	11.865	6	18.69	3.498	***	**
Sex×MOA	6.306	10.315	5	2.127	3.649	NS	**
Sex×tissue	4.493	7.034	6	1.263	2.074	NS	NS
Tissue×MOA	29.68	33.219	30	1.668	1.959	*	**
Error	354.588	338.046	598
Total	1,166.079	1,322.672	665
Corrected total	672.117	577.733	664

NS, not significant; MOA, months of age.

^*p<0.05,

^**p<0.01,

^***p<0.001.