Table 2.
Association of KRTAP22-1 variants with various wool traits.
| Trait 1 | Variant | n | Mean ± SE 2 | p 3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absent | Present | Absent | Present | |||
| GFW (kg) | A | 79 | 311 | 2.30 ± 0.07 | 2.33 ± 0.06 | 0.628 |
| B | 99 | 291 | 2.37 ± 0.07 | 2.31 ± 0.06 | 0.191 | |
| CFW (kg) | A | 79 | 311 | 1.69 ± 0.06 | 1.69 ± 0.05 | 0.931 |
| B | 99 | 291 | 1.70 ± 0.05 | 1.69 ± 0.05 | 0.844 | |
| Yield (%) | A | 79 | 311 | 72.9 ± 0.99 | 72.0 ± 0.79 | 0.244 |
| B | 99 | 291 | 70.8 ± 0.91 | 72.6 ± 0.79 | 0.008 | |
| MFD (µm) | A | 79 | 311 | 19.6 ± 0.31 | 19.5 ± 0.25 | 0.705 |
| B | 99 | 291 | 19.4 ± 0.30 | 19.6 ± 0.25 | 0.547 | |
| FDSD (µm) | A | 79 | 311 | 4.28 ± 0.11 | 4.16 ± 0.09 | 0.139 |
| B | 99 | 291 | 4.17 ± 0.10 | 4.19 ± 0.30 | 0.828 | |
| CVFD (%) | A | 79 | 311 | 22.0 ± 0.36 | 21.7 ± 0.30 | 0.281 |
| B | 99 | 291 | 21.9 ± 0.35 | 21.7 ± 0.30 | 0.503 | |
| MSL (mm) | A | 79 | 311 | 84.2 ± 1.99 | 84.6 ± 1.63 | 0.796 |
| B | 99 | 291 | 85.5 ± 1.93 | 84.3 ± 1.62 | 0.368 | |
| MSS (N/ktex) | A | 79 | 311 | 21.1 ± 1.25 | 23.4 ± 1.02 | 0.192 |
| B | 99 | 291 | 21.7 ± 1.21 | 22.2 ± 1.02 | 0.526 | |
| MFC (o/mm) | A | 79 | 311 | 86.5 ± 2.43 | 89.4 ± 1.98 | 0.128 |
| B | 99 | 291 | 91.6 ± 2.34 | 87.9 ± 1.97 | 0.032 | |
| PF (%) | A | 79 | 311 | 2.12 ± 0.36 | 2.05 ± 0.29 | 0.816 |
| B | 99 | 291 | 2.13 ± 0.35 | 2.05 ± 0.28 | 0.762 | |
1 GFW—Greasy Fleece Weight; CFW—Clean Fleece Weight; MFD—Mean Fiber Diameter; FDSD—Fiber Diameter Standard Deviation; CVFD—Coefficient of Variation of Fiber Diameter; MSL—Mean Staple Length; MSS—Mean Staple Strength; MFC—Mean Fiber Curvature; PF—Prickle Factor (percentage of fibers over 30 µm). 2 Predicted marginal means and standard errors derived from GLMs with variant absent/ present, sire (random effect) and gender (fixed effect) being factored into the models. 3 p < 0.05 are in bold.