Table 1.
The association of KRTAP6-3 genotype and various wool traits.
| Trait 1 | Mean ± SE 2 | p3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA (n = 238) | AB (n = 17) | AG (n = 105) | ||
| GFW (kg) | 2.14 ± 0.11 | 2.23 ± 0.15 | 2.11 ± 0.12 | 0.631 |
| CFW (kg) | 1.62 ± 0.09 | 1.66 ± 0.12 | 1.57 ± 0.10 | 0.454 |
| Yield (%) | 75.4 ± 1.63 | 74.3 ± 2.18 | 74.0 ± 1.81 | 0.220 |
| MSL (mm) | 85.0 ± 3.23 | 83.9 ± 4.32 | 86.9 ± 3.60 | 0.483 |
| MSS (N/ktex) | 21.5 ± 2.13 | 22.7 ± 2.84 | 21.0 ± 2.36 | 0.732 |
| MFD (µm) | 19.0 ± 0.46 b | 20.8 ± 0.61 a | 18.1 ± 0.51 c | <0.001 |
| FDSD (µm) | 4.04 ± 0.16 b | 4.41 ± 0.21 a | 3.79 ± 0.18 c | <0.001 |
| CVFD (%) | 21.2 ± 0.59 | 21.1 ± 0.79 | 20.8 ± 0.66 | 0.552 |
| MFC (°/mm) | 89.1 ± 4.20 | 91.4 ± 5.61 | 85.3 ± 4.66 | 0.197 |
| PF (%) | 1.89 ± 0.79 b | 4.88 ± 1.06 a | 0.76 ± 0.88 c | <0.001 |
1 GFW: Greasy Fleece Weight; CFW: Clean Fleece Weight; MSL: Mean Staple Length; MSS: Mean Staple Strength; MFD: Mean Fibre Diameter; FDSD: Fibre Diameter Standard Deviation; CVFD: Coefficient of Variation of Fibre Diameter; MFC: Mean Fibre Curvature; PF: Prickle Factor (percentage of fibres over 30 microns); 2 Estimated marginal means and their standard errors (SE), and p-values derived from general linear models. Means within rows that do not share a superscript letter are different at p < 0.05; 3 p-values < 0.05 are in bold.