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Table 2.

Association analysis of the PAX7 10-bp indel with growth traits in NY cattle aged 6/12 months.

Age	Growth traits	PAX7-10-bp indel genotypes (Mean ± SE)			P-value
Age	Growth traits	Ins-Ins(n = 54)	Ins-Del(n = 111)	Del-Del(n = 55)	P-value
6 months	Body weight, kg	144.00 ± 4.61^B	159.24 ± 2.44^A,b	167.48 ± 3.32^A,a	0.0004
	Body height, cm	102.71 ± 1.31^b	106.42 ± 0.69^a	106.96 ± 0.94^a	0.0248
	Body length, cm	101.14 ± 1.46^B	106.06 ± 0.77^A	107.07 ± 1.05^A	0.0043
	Heart girth, cm	121.86 ± 1.78^B	128.82 ± 0.94^A,b	132.15 ± 1.28^A,a	0.0001
	Hucklebone width, cm	17.64 ± 0.34^B	18.21 ± 0.18^b	18.87 ± 0.25^A,a	0.0128
	Average daily gain, kg	0.64 ± 0.02^B	0.72 ± 0.01^A	0.76 ± 0.02^A	0.0006
12 months	Body weight, kg	210.71 ± 6.04^B	220.86 ± 3.19^b	232.11 ± 4.35^A,a	0.0140
	Body length, cm	112.07 ± 1.91^B,b	116.88 ± 1.01^a	120.22 ± 1.38^A	0.0035
	Heart girth, cm	134.50 ± 1.89 ^C	140.62 ± 1.00^B	145.44 ± 1.36^A	0.0001

Within the same row, values with different lowercase letters (a,b) differ significantly at P < 0.05, and those with different uppercase letters (A, B, C) differ significantly at P < 0.01.