Table 3.
Association between the KRTAP26-1 variants and various wool traits (predicted mean ± predicted SE) 1.
| Trait | Variant Assessed | n | Single-Variant Model | Multi-Variant Model | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Absent | Present | Absent | Present | p | Variants Fitted | Absent | Present | p | ||
| GFW | A | 71 | 312 | 2.37 ± 0.06 | 2.37 ± 0.03 | 0.958 | ||||
| (kg) | B | 207 | 176 | 2.37 ± 0.04 | 2.37 ± 0.04 | 0.902 | ||||
| C | 212 | 171 | 2.39 ± 0.03 | 2.33 ± 0.05 | 0.361 | |||||
| CFW | A | 71 | 312 | 1.72 ± 0.05 | 1.71 ± 0.02 | 0.764 | ||||
| (kg) | B | 207 | 176 | 1.72 ± 0.03 | 1.70 ± 0.03 | 0.678 | ||||
| C | 212 | 171 | 1.71 ± 0.03 | 1.72 ± 0.04 | 0.877 | |||||
| Yield | A | 71 | 312 | 72.2 ± 0.74 | 71.7 ± 0.35 | 0.471 | B, C | 73.0 ± 0.82 | 71.8 ± 0.41 | 0.201 |
| (%) | B | 207 | 176 | 72.4 ± 0.47 | 71.2 ± 0.44 | 0.070 | C | 72.4 ± 0.47 | 71.7 ± 0.52 | 0.291 |
| C | 212 | 171 | 71.2 ± 0.40 | 73.0 ± 0.65 | 0.027 | B | 71.3 ± 0.41 | 72.8 ± 0.68 | 0.082 | |
| MSL (mm) | A | 71 | 312 | 84.7 ± 1.66 | 82.6 ± 0.87 | 0.253 | C | 85.6 ± 1.64 | 84.0 ± 0.93 | 0.377 |
| B | 207 | 176 | 83.9 ± 1.12 | 82.2 ± 1.04 | 0.236 | C | 84.3 ± 1.10 | 84.4 ± 1.18 | 0.950 | |
| C | 212 | 171 | 80.7 ± 0.99 | 87.9 ± 1.51 | <0.001 | None | 80.7 ± 0.99 | 87.9 ± 1.51 | <0.001 | |
| MFD | A | 71 | 312 | 19.8 ± 0.25 | 19.6 ± 0.13 | 0.375 | B, C | 19.6 ± 0.27 | 19.3 ± 0.14 | 0.397 |
| (µm) | B | 207 | 176 | 19.3 ± 0.17 | 19.9 ± 0.15 | 0.001 | C | 19.2 ± 0.16 | 19.6 ± 0.17 | 0.081 |
| C | 212 | 171 | 20.1 ± 0.15 | 18.6 ± 0.22 | <0.001 | B | 20.0 ± 0.15 | 18.7 ± 0.23 | <0.001 | |
| FDSD | A | 71 | 312 | 4.26 ± 0.09 | 4.22 ± 0.04 | 0.680 | B, C | 4.21 ± 0.09 | 4.13 ± 0.04 | 0.450 |
| (µm) | B | 207 | 176 | 4.16 ± 0.06 | 4.28 ± 0.05 | 0.098 | C | 4.13 ± 0.06 | 4.17 ± 0.06 | 0.626 |
| C | 212 | 171 | 4.35 ± 0.05 | 3.96 ± 0.08 | <0.001 | B | 4.34 ± 0.05 | 3.96 ± 0.08 | <0.001 | |
| CVFD | A | 71 | 312 | 21.4 ± 0.28 | 21.9 ± 0.14 | 0.166 | C | 21.4 ± 0.28 | 21.7 ± 0.15 | 0.248 |
| (%) | B | 207 | 176 | 21.9 ± 0.18 | 21.7 ± 0.17 | 0.471 | A, C | 21.7 ± 0.26 | 21.4 ± 0.20 | 0.330 |
| C | 212 | 171 | 22.0 ± 0.16 | 21.4 ± 0.25 | 0.067 | A | 21.8 ± 0.19 | 21.3 ± 0.26 | 0.093 | |
| MSS | A | 71 | 312 | 23.9 ± 1.06 | 22.6 ± 0.55 | 0.237 | B | 23.6 ± 1.19 | 22.7 ± 0.55 | 0.496 |
| (N/ktex) | B | 207 | 176 | 22.1 ± 0.71 | 23.4 ± 0.65 | 0.145 | None | 22.1 ± 0.71 | 23.4 ± 0.65 | 0.145 |
| C | 212 | 171 | 23.1 ± 0.64 | 22.2 ± 0.98 | 0.434 | B | 22.9 ± 0.66 | 22.6 ± 1.01 | 0.774 | |
| MFC | A | 71 | 312 | 91.2 ± 1.80 | 89.5 ± 0.85 | 0.367 | B, C | 89.4 ± 2.00 | 89.1 ± 1.01 | 0.862 |
| (°/mm) | B | 207 | 176 | 87.7 ± 1.15 | 91.4 ± 1.06 | 0.016 | C | 87.6 ± 1.16 | 90.7 ± 1.26 | 0.056 |
| C | 212 | 171 | 90.8 ± 0.98 | 87.2 ± 1.60 | 0.070 | B | 90.3 ± 1.02 | 88.0 ± 1.65 | 0.278 | |
| PF | A | 71 | 312 | 3.00 ± 0.45 | 2.79 ± 0.23 | 0.654 | B, C | 2.55 ± 0.49 | 2.44 ± 0.26 | 0.845 |
| (%) | B | 207 | 176 | 2.33 ± 0.30 | 3.24 ± 0.27 | 0.017 | C | 2.23 ± 0.29 | 2.69 ± 0.31 | 0.237 |
| C | 212 | 171 | 3.47 ± 0.26 | 1.41 ± 0.40 | <0.001 | B | 3.39 ± 0.27 | 1.53 ± 0.41 | <0.001 | |
1 Predicted means and predicted standard errors derived from GLMs with various factors being included in the models, as described in the Materials and Methods. p < 0.05 are in bold, while 0.05 ≤ p < 0.20 are italicised.