. 2017 Jun 12;8(6):160. doi: 10.3390/genes8060160

Table 3.

Association of ovine ADIPOQ diplotypes with various carcass traits in NZ Romney sheep.

Traits (unit)	Mean ± SE ^a					p-Value
Traits (unit)	A₁–A₃/A₁–A₃ (n = 61)	A₁–A₃/A₁–C₃ (n = 38)	A₁–A₃/B₁–A₃ (n = 140)	B₁–A₃/B₁–A₃ (n = 89)	B₁–A₃/B₁–C₃ (n = 24)	p-Value
V-GR (mm) ^b	1.65 ± 0.68 ^b	3.22 ± 0.74 ^a	2.01 ± 0.64 ^a,b	1.94 ± 0.63 ^a,b	2.25 ± 0.77 ^a,b	0.062
Leg lean-meat yield (%) ^c	20.80 ± 0.31 ^b	20.86 ± 0.34 ^a,b	20.96 ± 0.29 ^b	21.41 ± 0.29 ^a	21.11 ± 0.35 ^a,b	0.017
Loin lean-meat yield (%) ^c	14.19 ± 0.22 ^b	14.54 ± 0.25 ^a,b	14.30 ± 0.21 ^a,b	14.59 ± 0.21 ^a	14.40 ± 0.26 ^a,b	0.028
Shoulder lean-meat yield (%) ^c	17.21 ± 0.25	17.07 ± 0.28	17.03 ± 0.24	17.25 ± 0.23	17.22 ± 0.29	0.347
Total lean-meat yield (%) ^d	52.20 ± 0.65 ^a,b	52.47 ± 0.71 ^a,b	52.29 ± 0.61 ^b	53.24 ± 0.60 ^a	52.73 ± 0.74 ^a,b	0.037
Proportion leg lean-meat yield (%) ^e	39.82 ± 0.31	39.73 ± 0.34	40.07 ± 0.29	40.19 ± 0.28	40.02 ± 0.35	0.227
Proportion loin lean-meat yield (%) ^e	27.18 ± 0.25 ^b	27.73 ± 0.27 ^a	27.35 ± 0.23 ^ab	27.39 ± 0.23 ^a,b	27.31 ± 0.28 ^a,b	0.094
Proportion shoulder lean-meat yield (%) ^e	33.00 ± 0.32 ^a	32.54 ± 0.35 ^a,b	32.58 ± 0.30 ^a,b	32.42 ± 0.29 ^b	32.67 ± 0.36 ^a,b	0.061

^a Estimated marginal means and standard errors (SE) derived from General Linear Models (GLMs) with haplotype presence/absence, gender and birth rank fitted as fixed factors and sire group fitted as a random factor. Means within a row that do not share a superscript letter are different at p < 0.05 (p < 0.05 in bold and 0.05 ≤ p < 0.10 in italics). ^b V-GR represents carcass fat depth over the 12th rib. ^c Lean-meat yield expressed as a percentage of hot carcass weight. ^d Total lean-meat yield is the sum of the leg, loin and shoulder lean-meat yield. ^e The proportion lean-meat yield of leg, loin or shoulder lean-meat is the yield of the specific area divided by the total yield expressed as a percentage.